Sweden Built a Mach 2 Fighter in the 1950s That Could Do the Top Gun Cobra Maneuver Before Anyone Else — and It Flew for 45 Years
Summary and Key Points: Drawing on his tactical experience as a former US Army Special Forces Warrant Officer,…
Saab 36: Sweden’s Secret Mach 2 Nuclear Bomber That Almost Made a Neutral Country One of the World’s Nuclear Powers
Summary and Key Points: In the 1950s, Swedish engineers at Saab drafted the Saab 36, a Mach 2-capable…
Forget the F-35: The Walls are Closing in on the JAS 39E Gripen Fighter
Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Steve Balestrieri evaluates the Saab JAS 39E Gripen, highlighting its role as…
Forget the F-35 and JAS 39 Gripen: Canada and Sweden Could Build a ‘Future Fighter’ Together
Summary and Key Points: Journalist Georgia Gilholy evaluates Saab’s strategic pitch to Canada to join the Future Combat…
‘Cut the Order’: The F-35 Stealth Fighter Is In More Trouble In Europe and Canada
Summary and Key Points: National security analyst Stephen Silver evaluates the dual reality of the F-35 Lightning II…
FCAS: Europe’s Version of the F-47 NGAD Is Coming in for a ‘Crash Landing’
Summary and Key Points: The Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is “on the verge of collapse” due…
Hegseth announces effort to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State fighters in Syria following Iowa Guardsmen deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an operation to “eliminate ISIS fighters,…
Mach 2.35 Su-27 Flanker Fighter Has a Message for NATO
Key Points and Summary – Born to counter the F-15, Russia’s Su-27 became the template for a family…
France’s Dassault Rafale Fighter Has Become a ‘Tug of War’
Key Points and Summary – A “tug-of-war” has erupted within the French government over the size of its…
NATO’s F-16 and F-35 Fighters Aren’t ‘Interoperable’
Key Points and Summary – A new RAND Corporation report warns that “interoperability” within NATO air forces is…
Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen E: The Secret That Makes It a Powerhouse Fighter Is Out
Key Points and Summary – In May 2025, Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen E flew with “Centaur,” an embedded…
Sweden’s Saab 37 Viggen Fighter: The Only Jet to Ever Catch the SR-71 ‘Blackbird’
Key Points and Summary – On June 29, 1987, a U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird suffered a catastrophic…