JR added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

can anyone please tell me which countries use the Saabs in
their air forces

Over the years? Finland, Denmark, Austria... the Grippen is
having more scucess (and the cold war is over, which helps).
Been sold to Thailand, South Africa and a eastern europe
country (can't remember which...)

How large are these air forces, JR? I was also wondering about
who is using this plane. With the state of the armed forces in
most countries following drastic reductions once the Cold War
was presumed to be won, I wouldn't think they had that many
fighter- bombers of any manufacturer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab

All are pretty small, the buys being around 12-24 I think

But I find the South African buy significant. This is a
country with lots of combat experience using small numbers of
multi-purpose aircraft.

So the total for all countries is maybe 100 more or less? That
fits with my relatively uninformed view of Europe's armed forces.
As to South Africa, can't say I've even heard of their armed
forces in general much less "lots of combat experience" for
fighter-bombers. What wars or skirmishes have the SA's been
engaged in?

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