gripen suédois

Swedish Gripens at Reims, France
Location: BA 112 Reims
Date: 2007-03-28
Photos: Joris van Boven

End of March 2007, 6 SAAB Gripens flew to Base Aerienne 112, Reims in
France.
The Gripens came from the 17 Wing at Ronneby, Sweden, one of the 2
Swedish reconnaissance squadrons.

In 2005, recce-aircraft from both Ronneby and Reims participated in the
ADEX 2005, an international air defence exercises in Finland. In Finland
the basis for further cooperation was established. The Swedish squadron
went to France in 2007 to another foreign exercise, as there was no
budget for a local exercise in Sweden. Arriving in France on March 22
2007, the first days were used for some familiarization missions. The
first real missions involved recce missions, together with Mirage F1's
from Reims. On Tuesday an ECM (Electronic Counter Measure) mission was
planned to the Polygone range in Germany. Later missions involved air
combat missions against Mirage 2000-5's from Cambrai and against
Rafale's from St-Dizier. Air-to-Air Refueling was exercised on Thursday.
On Friday March 30th, the aircraft went back to Sweden.

Participating aircraft:
F17 wing from Ronneby
39230
39253
39260
39256
39817
39823

Profitant d' un de ses courts passages en France, Joris van Boven nous envoie quelques échos de son reportage sur les manoeuvres franco suédoises qui mettaient en présence les magnifiques et trop rares GRIPEN suédois avec les Mirage F1 ,à partir de la base 112 de Reims . Vous pouvez retrouver d'autres excellentes photos de Joris van Boven sur http://www.sentry.hangar1.net