He probobly just forgot to put it in. He going to make banks when he get a 10% kickback o the orders

I would be happy with a discount code for 1 flight :)

@@DirtyHairy1 of cause. A 10% rebate on a 85M jet.. is a saving of 8.5M.. acording to my wife logic we can't aford not to buy one.

​@@matsv201Tell your wife the bank balance is just a number

Who puts a price on freedom, really

Well put, I remember the War Thunder days. It's really inspiring to see our guy succeeding.

It takes a lot of effort to get as lucky as him. First vid I have seen but he seems like a good guy.

Life lesson. If you want to succeed in life, develop a passion for something and then poor all your efforts into it.

@@derrickfoster644 You mention luck and effort, they really do not go hand in hand. He was not lucky he was persistent and determined, luck is not what brought him here.

@@fthagnryleh4951 That is exactly what the phrase "it takes a lot of effort to get that lucky." Means. It is a recognition of the effort someone puts into something that they are not in full control of.

Was that -40°F or -40°C ? 🤭

@@josephking6515 You so nearly got me with that 🙄 - *Excellent* supplement

You really are then a skilled video war gamer then ! The only thing you left out being a lying video war gamer other video war gamers add is you are a bodyguard to Putin.

This is the military aviation history channel. He's already done several videos on the Gripen.

Statistics would probably have lead to arguing in the comment field.

I mean on paper the gripen is just bad compared to other 4.5 gen jets, so that might be a reason he decided not to mention thrust, load capacity, speed, range etc. The gripen is more than the sum of its parts. It puts heavy emphasis on ergonomics and situational awareness which make it competitive, but that is something that can't be measured like the previously mentioned stats.

@@stoyantodorov2133 Hopefull that Finnish F/A-18 Hornets, Danish F-16's, Norwegian F-35's with Swedish Gripens+Electronic Warfare fighters will make good combination.

​@@perttiroska9970 You're describing a scenario of different assets accomplishing their common goals through their respective strengths, covering for their respective weaknesses. Which is why Sweden joining NATO, with their sexy ass Gripen jets, means that everyone except Ivan wins

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SAAB Aero lol. Not the shonky car company, living in the shell of the SAAB Cars factory! _

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@UncleJoeLITE The second "A" in SAAB stands for Aeroplane 😊. The defunct car company was SAAB Automobile. The factory sadly no longer houses any car manufacturer. NEVS, the company that rose from SAAB Automobile's ashes, closed up shop last year. The factory was sold off to an investment company.

​@@FlygsandThey live the EV future fiasko in time. I buy a new diesel tomorrow!

Neither am I (How do I colourshift the text to an envious green?)

One of those many fine, new, electric SAABs? _SAAB is a most missed brand, along with Triumph & Rover._

Thank you :)

Gripen-E with that camo paint in my oppinion best looking non-stealth fighter.

@@finbenton Except Gripen-E IS a stealth fighter. Instead of physical geometry it uses active stealth. It's only got a slightly bigger radar cross section than an F35. Look it up! ;-)

Not all is about looks - but its sexy for sure..this killer is more stealthy then a F-35....and if you whatch the video - it kan track 10 targets or more at the same and 4 Fox-3 in one round...and in total darknes of the enemy .. the jammers on tis GripenE is a game changer - you cant kill what you cant track ...

@@JohnSmith-cy9tt It can display up to 10 targets smartly prioritised to the pilot but it tracks many more. Also this is 20year old Gripen D not the brand new Gripen E.

@@arudegesture I did look it up, and the radar cross section of the Gripen is many times that of the F-35. Something like 0.5 m2 vs 0.005 m2. Please explain "active stealth". You probably mean electronic countermeasures, which is not stealth.

Yes, complementary forces.

F-35 to Gripen: you have a beautiful body!! Gripen to F-35: who’s speaking to me?? You have a loud voice, very nice… Complementary!

Gripen works well in unprepared runways, far from the full tech garage (unlike F16). Fat Amy requires lots of high tech maint. Time will tell how practical it is away from a proper airbase. gripen/F35 mix covers both, and Gripen E should be able to talk to F35, electronically.

I'd say it's a perfect match, gripen is a guerrilla warfare fighter that's designed to pop up out of nowhere and then disappear just as quick with no way to really know where it's gonna land or take off from!

@@doogleticker5183 F-35 to Gripen: "Allow me to assist. You'll use your forward position to lock the enemies and I'll fire my AMRAAMs from back here." Gripen to F-35: "No, please allow me. You use that state-of-the art super radar to lock the targets and I'll fire my Meteors from out here."

He's been to the Linköping museum, but I don't think he's been to the Göteborg or Ängelholm air museums.

@@SonsOfLorgar I don't think he needs to after actually flying a Gripen but for us those two are as close as we'll probably get(linkoping has the flight sim)

@@connorwinton4343lmao

A newbie with only 10 year eperiance as a history aviation expert ;) There actually been a bunch of people that have been alowed to fly gripen the last couple of month. He was far from the least experanced.

@@matsv201 Handing over frames to Ukraine should be the focus, but I guess that is up to the our goverment.

@@GayTruckDriver while they are easy to fly. There still need month, if not years of tactics training. But I would supose gripen need less training than F16... F16 need hours.of training just to learn to land.

@@matsv201 ok, but how many of those people know how to properly produce an engaging video out of it?

@@megapro125 well... I guess.. of the one I seen.. only one. But. Of cause. I have probobly missed a few

In the case of Sweden, I think we realized that our own language was never going to be viable internationally - which matters for an export-heavy economy - so having passable English is more or less viewed as mandatory. Schools treat Swedish and English as subjects of roughly equal importance, and there are other little things (such as movies using subtitles rather than audio translations) which give us rather heavy exposure to the language. Interestingly, an observation I've made is that native English speakers who move to Sweden struggle a bit with learning the language, because it can be hard to get Swedes to stop speaking English to them.

chja00 lol re: your comment about American's European langauge learning impediment, I've had the same experience getting my attempts to communicate in European langauges replied to in English!

The Nordics have always been ahead of the curve in this respect. Being sub 10 million people nations it wasn't financially viable to have everything on TV dubbed, so subtitles simply had to suffice. Low volume non-fiction books would never get a local translation, so if you wanted to learn about niche topics, you'd have to learn English. And then came computes the internet. Again, being small countries, many applications and internet sites chose not to translate to our languages because the return on investment would be horrible. Programming manuals wouldn't get a local translation until they were borderline outdated, etc, etc. The same obviously holds true for many other small or small-ish nations around Europe, but a lot of the former USSR captives started out on the back foot when it comes to adopting English as the de-facto second language. I must say, though, that the Baltics have REALLY jumped on the fast-track train in this regard, as good English skills is now the fundamental requirement to work in Scandinavia as a whole. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian is similar enough that you can get by in your native tongue with a bit of struggle, but since all of us now speak English that makes everything SO much easier, and basically open up the entire EU to anyone who speaks it. The Germans and the French were the last to finally "crack" and realize that nobody was going to bother learning their language for any other reason than government, legal or diplomatic work. They're getting there with the younger generation, but especially people over 40 still have a horribly thick accent, but do perfectly fine in writing.

If the US had Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Scandinavia all no farther than one or two states away, you'd see a much more multi-lingual culture in the US as well.

Remember they all get taught it in school and are swamped with American media 24/7 from birth, so it's not hard for them.

I wouldn't say our stuff is necessarily more technologically advanced compared to say the F35, but what we (and Scandinavia in general do) is to prioritize practicality above everything. But there is a good reason why we are not in the Gen 5 or even Gen 6. Yet, at least.

@@09csr Welcome to NATO from a former German junior officer :) Great to have you on the team :)

What? You mean that american engine running on a uk system with an italian radar? But at least the armaments are swedish right? *looks down on notes* Mhmm.. IRIS-T.. AIM-9.. Meteor.. Oh no...

​​​ indeed. We have to. Russia have been seen as the main enemy of sweden for a long time. Everything here is built for fighting in dense forests and heavy snow. Like archer for example hiding in a forest. Setting up for a shot, 30 seconds. Bom. Then they can shoot 1 shell every 5 seconds for 15 seconds and then it prepares to move. Another 30 seconds So in 75 seconds it can deploy and shoot 4 shells and move. Archer itself is not swedish but the upgrades and tech are.

@DenDodde Well, little Sweden has been putting out jet fighters since the 1950s, Lansen, Draken, Viggen, and Gripen. Add to those domestically developed military ships (Visby Class), submarines (Gotland Class), infantry weapons (Carl Gustav), artillery (Archer), etc. I think that is impressive.

I did!

@@MilitaryAviationHistory Hope you come back sometime! And that SAAB of course treats you again ;)

All planes have pedal controls. (Rudder pedals).

@@dusermiginte4647 wow I had no idea. Thanks cat!

@@dusermiginte4647 Yes, but all aircraft aren't able to fly hands-off in altitude-hold mode on the autopilot. The point here was to demonstrate that the aircraft does the banking and turning needed to point the nose to where the pilot needs it to be, without the pilot having to use the throttle and stick at all, so their hands are free to use for tactical mission tasks.

Aaaw maaan! I didnt read the "autopilot" word.. My bad.. 😂

@@dusermiginte4647 it's okay cat! 😺

What???? It would be fantastic. Did they not hire instructors to train pilots, or got costly? Maybe the US undermined the deal again I bet 😒

@@odinulveson9101 Canada had all but signed the deal when US stepped in and vetoed the purchase to be "North American by trade tradition".

That is cool, hope you still have the pictures!

Thank you :)

The Gripen is the perfect fighter for Taiwan to replace its aging Indigenous Defense Fighter and Mirage 2000. The biggest hurdle would be politics though, as earning a new defense parter nation would be difficult for Taiwan. A new partner is also a massive gamble even if it initially succeeds since long term support could be hampered by a country that has yet to be shown as a reliable defense partner for Taiwan (unlike US) and faces domestic political changes. Regardless, I hope that Taiwan one day flies Gripens. 🇹🇼 🇸🇪

@180life4 yeah. The US has a lot of skin in the game when it comes to taiwan and china. Watching taiwan buy a different jet than an American one would really piss off the US defense industry. Even if the Gripen is a better jet for Taiwan's needs than the F-16 or F-35.

@@WeAllLaughDownHere-ne2ouThat's true in a lot of places. Countries allied with the U.S. "fear" (maybe slightly too strong a word, but you catch my meaning I think) that the U.S. will be upset if they buy equipment from others, especially something as expensive and prestigious as fighter jets, so they don't want to jeopardise future relations or future American willingness to provide you with arms, and so they keep buying American. It's a massive export advantage for the U.S. Even more so for a country like Taiwan that so fully and completely depends on the U.S. for its security. Fighter jet sales have tragically little to do with suitability and quality, a lot more to do with geopolitics and lobbying

@@180life4 Wouldn't the KF-21 be a better fit for taiwan?

Now we are finally allies for real. And the best thing about having allies, is being able to learn from each other's expertise, experiences, and efforts. Cheers!

@@kebrl I hope you are correct. The US does not seem to be in a "learning" mood right now. Let us get over Trump and check back with us.

Yeah uhmm nothing is a game changer for Ukraine anymore, it's a sunk cost fallacy.

@@alext7202 Ukraine has held what claimed to be the second most powerful military in the world for over two years now, the Russian Black Sea fleet has basically run away from the port of Sevastopol in the Crimea, its primary base. Not sure where where you're going with the sunk cost theory?

As an uninsured, indebted American this brings no joy to my heart. My country wasted 2 trillion in 20 years in the middle east and is now sinking even more into this financial black hole.@@gwtpictgwtpict4214

Quiet, troll.@@alext7202

@gwtpictgwtpict4214 the sunk fleet reality.

Same here. Also a swede, but there's just something about McDonnel Douglas aircrafts. The Gripen looks like a high-tech dangerous machine, but the Phantom looks like an animal.

It is a two-seat trainer, he's not flying alone

@maroon2k I, too, saw the post he made the day after. Still no less awesome.

I'm confused how you got the impression he was alone in the jet, it's perfectly clear from the video he's in the back seat of a 2-seat trainer. In almost every scene he's having conversation with the pilot.

@MatthijsvanDuin the video doesn't show a second seat, and they are talking over radio. I assumed that the other pilot was in another aircraft.

@@Duskraven67 The plane's pilot is clearly visible in the side mirrors. Chris isn't flying the plane, he gets to try the controls for a few seconds. Of course they talk over their headsets, what did you imagine, that they would take their helmets off and shout to each other? And someone with a civilian pilot's license of course isn't able to take off, fly and land a modern fighter jet after just a few hours of briefing. Even for an experienced combat pilot that would take weeks or months of training. And do you REALLY think the Swedish Airforce would leave one of its active, 100-million-euro fighter jets in the hands of a next-to-unknown civilian foreigner, or that they would even be legally allowed to do so? No offense man, but you need to work hard on your critical thinking, or someone will take advantage of you...

Video name made me skip over it several times as it sounded like yet another generated text to vice generic video.

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The E has an even better panel. One wide one, instead of 3 upright ones.

SAAB and the Swedish airforce started experimenting with, then analog, radio data links with the SAAB J35 Draken in the late 1950ies, the last version of the Viggen was essentially a sub-systems test platform for the GripenA and had a networked digital data link 😁

@@SonsOfLorgarYah, the swedes were early on that.

All modern fighters can target multiple targets and have been able to do so for decades...

Sweden had that ability 40 years ago. JA37 had datalinks and could.

he's not flying a Gripen E here, it's a C I believe. so he's not shown the capabilities of the E, I think.

Same. The Gripen is definetly one of my favourite fighter jets

Sex is highly overrated....

@@tatumergo3931 Especially when you're going 1000 mph! 🤣

It wasn’t. As he said, this was an older version. He was not allowed in the most current edition.

Don't be naive, Saab does promotional shows like filling containers with aerosol gas to show off how destructive their at-4 are. Same with thing with a promotional video with one of their apcs filled with gas. Also that time they shot a centurion tank with atgm... I've seen a lot of videos of tanks that blow up but never seen anything that was depicted In that Saab pyrotechnics magic shows.

And would have been produced in Canada, think of the +++ wins lost, corrupt politics.

The F-23 is a far better plane. I mean it's kind of a joke comparing them

@@BOZ_11 F-23? If you mean F-35. Then no. It really bothers me how people lack the understanding of data/information technology in warfare and armaments. The Gripen-E rivals the F-35 in both those aspects. The F-35 only wins in stealth airframe. Maybe some other small detail. The guy in the video said the Gripen-E might look the same but it is an entirely new plane otherwise.

Same in European Canada ( Denmark ) i think after the small batch of F35 ( already talks of more ) we should get some Gripen E instead, also as Americans are exiting the game it seem, well no reason to buy their products too much.

That looks like a wetsuit to me. Also, how the hell would you fit a drysuit inside a G-suit? 🤔

Drysuits can be made of neoprene as well. It is the neck/ankle/wrist seals and zipper that is the big difference were the dry part comes from. They are all exposure suits. They protect you from the surrounding environment.

If that was really such a big issue they'd probably have switched to a variant of the EJ200 for the Gripen-E but they elected to continue with a US General Electric engine.

America hates being up surmounted by other nations. Espically in military equipment.

Which country has the money to buy Gripens and isn't a friend of Russia/China but can't get access to american tech? The USA isn't exactly very selective with 4th gen tech,they even let India,which is a traditional soviet ally,use the F404 in the Tejas.

US is strangling nothing. SAAB is doing it all on its own by overhyping the JAS-39.

The export potential was hindered by the fact that operating costs are much higher than Saab advertises and they had a bribery scandal.