Gripen NG
- a new generation is ready
We are Gripen pilots. We make a difference – to the nations we represent, and to the people we protect.
The world’s most advanced multi-role fighter just became the next generation of fighters. Our sensors, our weapons and our performance are superior. And with the world’s most advanced tactical link, we have the information advantage.
We are Gripen pilots, and this is our story.
Update from the Program
Czech Gripen pilots practice Air-to-Air refuelling in Sweden
Major Jaroslav Tomaňa and Captain Petr Dřevecký of 21 tactical air base in Čáslav became the first pilots in the history of the Czech Air Force to perform air-to-air refuelling. After initial training at the Swedish Air Force base F17 in Ronneby, Sweden, the refuelling took place over central Sweden from a Swedish C-130 Hercules tanker.