Saab Viggen from the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight!
The Swedish Saab 37 Viggen (Viggen is Swedish for lightning bolt) succeeded the Saab J 35 Draken. The aircraft was developed in an attack, hunting, photo reconnaissance, air defense and training version.
The first flight of the aircraft took place in February 1967 and in April 1968 the Swedish Air Force ordered 180 Viggens. A two-seat version of this aircraft was also developed, the first two-seat version made its first flight in July 1970.
Although the aircraft was also offered as an export version and Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark were seriously interested in the aircraft as a possible successor to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, these countries ultimately chose the American F-16.
I took this photo during the 2019 Air Force Days at Volkel Air Base, June 14, 2019.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…