Saab Recycles Fighters as the Drakens Era Ends

Posted on 18. Mar, 2007 by Ryan in 1950-1959, 2000-2009, J 35 (Draken), Linköping, Sweden, Sweden

SAAB Group has recently taken initiative to manage the entire life cycle of their products, namely the SAAB J35 Draken Fighter Jet.

The SAAB J35 Draken was designed by Erik Brett and had its maiden voyage on October 25th, 1955 and went into production in 1960. Production itself started in 1955 and went until 1974. The Draken was retired by the Danish Air Force in 1993, Swedish Air Force in 1999, Finland in 2000 and Austria in 2005.

Source: Saab Draken / Wikipedia

For more information on this story, please visit this link here at Flight International.

Here is some stock footage of the SAAB J35 Draken Fighter.

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