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Canada’s First F-35s Reach Luke Air Force Base This Year and Canadian Soil in 2028. Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen Could Join Them

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Saab is having a year. Over the summer it signed a 24.6 billion kronor deal with Sweden's defense materiel agency for 16 Gripen E fighters bound for Ukraine, and Britain followed with €300 million for the plan.

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    Saab is having a year. Over the summer it signed a 24.6 billion kronor deal with Sweden's defense materiel agency for 16 Gripen E fighters bound for Ukraine, and Britain followed with €300 million for the plan.

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