Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoCanada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jetswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1455arrow-down12
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkCanada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jetswww.newsweek.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 hours agohey now be fair List of accidents and incidents involving the JAS 39 Gripen although given the JAS has a 23-year head start, i gotta say the F-35 has made a fantastic grab for the lead.
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·38 minutes agoTo be fair most Gripen crashes happened in the early days, as a result of purposefully pushing the plane and pilot to their limits. Flying low enough to scrape treetops, sudden high-G manouvers… they train like they’re in an actual war.
hey now be fair
List of accidents and incidents involving the JAS 39 Gripen
although given the JAS has a 23-year head start, i gotta say the F-35 has made a fantastic grab for the lead.
To be fair most Gripen crashes happened in the early days, as a result of purposefully pushing the plane and pilot to their limits. Flying low enough to scrape treetops, sudden high-G manouvers… they train like they’re in an actual war.