Saab F1 Hägring, the Flygvapnet Mirage.

[Stratos]

A bit of background for Valastur new amazing work!

When the Saab Viggen first versions were introduced, Swedish Air Force was still reliant on the Saab 35 Draken for air defense and altough it was still a viable fighter is starting showing its age. Work was well underway for a new fighter variant of the Viggen, but the development of the new engine was not going without its own problems as it doesn't genearated enough power and some modifications were needed to improve the results. Swedish air force seek a multirole variant to complement the separated fighterbomber/fighter Viggen, but with SAAB busy creating the Viggen Sweden, the Flygvapnet turned to Europe as it did just before WW2. The choosen fighter was the Mirage as it was readily available and can carry enough weaponry to complement the Viggen. 24 single seat fighters and 4 twin seaters were bought with small modifications done by SAAB adding certain radios and countermeasures pods.

In service the Hägring as it was known was well loved by pilots and servicemen and it enjoyed a long career retiring almost at the same time of the Viggen.

[EricJ]

Now this is one of the best ones I've seen so far, nice work!

[ValAstur]

10 hours ago, Stratos said:

A bit of background for Valastur new amazing work!

When the Saab Viggen first versions were introduced, Swedish Air Force was still reliant on the Saab 35 Draken for air defense and altough it was still a viable fighter is starting showing its age. Work was well underway for a new fighter variant of the Viggen, but the development of the new engine was not going without its own problems as it doesn't genearated enough power and some modifications were needed to improve the results. Swedish air force seek a multirole variant to complement the separated fighterbomber/fighter Viggen, but with SAAB busy creating the Viggen Sweden, the Flygvapnet turned to Europe as it did just before WW2. The choosen fighter was the Mirage as it was readily available and can carry enough weaponry to complement the Viggen. 24 single seat fighters and 4 twin seaters were bought with small modifications done by SAAB adding certain radios and countermeasures pods.

In service the Hägring as it was known was well loved by pilots and servicemen and it enjoyed a long career retiring almost at the same time of the Viggen.

 

Nice background story and also nice shots

Edited December 10, 2023 by ValAstur