Top brass and politicians
agree on new fighter roles
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (Lightning 11)
SAAB´s JAS 39 Gripen.The competition to sell the next Jet Fighter/Bomber
to the Royal Norwegian Air Force is between the Swedish´s JAS 39
and the American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
"A small country like Norway cannot afford more than one type of fighter aircraft. Unlike larger countries, we cannot allow ourselves the luxury of having specialized single role planes," says Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense.
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