Sep. 5, 2012 defense-aerospace.com
(Source: Saab Gripen blog; posted Sep. 4, 2012)
The final four Gripens purchased by South Africa would be delivered in mid-September, says a news report in SAAF, the unofficial website on the South African Air Force.
South Africa had purchased nine dual seat and seventeen single-seat aircraft from Sweden in 2008 out of which all the dual seat Gripens and 13 single seat Gripens have already been delivered.
The final four aircraft were retained in Sweden to take part in Exercise Lion Effort in May this year. The aircrafts were towed by road from Kungsängens airport to the port of Norrköping on August 29.
They were loaded on the Aarchangelgracht cargo ship at the Norrkoping port. The ship is due to arrive in Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town in mid-September, from where the aircraft will be towed to the nearby Ysterplaat airforce base.
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