Saab 37 Viggen

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attack aircraft fighter aircraft multirole combat aircraft reconnaissance aircraft

The Saab 37 Viggen is a Swedish multirole combat aircraft introduced in the 1970s, known for its distinctive canard-delta design and short takeoff and landing capability for dispersed road-base operations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
AJ 37 Viggen	1
JA 37 Viggen	1
SF 37 Viggen	1
SH 37 Viggen	1
SK 37 Viggen	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	attack aircraft ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ multirole combat aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
AJ 37 ViggenRole	attack and strike ⓘ
armament	air-to-air missiles ⓘ air-to-surface missiles ⓘ bombs ⓘ internal 30 mm cannon in some variants ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ
capability	dispersed road-base operations ⓘ short takeoff and landing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Sweden ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ 2 in trainer variant ⓘ
designFeature	canard-delta wing configuration ⓘ reversible thrust system ⓘ single-seat cockpit in most variants ⓘ tandem two-seat cockpit in trainer variant ⓘ
engine	Volvo RM8 ⓘ
engineOrigin	Pratt & Whitney JT8D ⓘ surface form: license-built Pratt & Whitney JT8D
engineType	turbofan ⓘ
firstFlight	1967-02-08 ⓘ
introduced	1971 ⓘ
JA 37 ViggenRole	fighter and interceptor ⓘ
manufacturer	Saab AB ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately Mach 2.1 ⓘ
notableFeature	advanced avionics for its time ⓘ optimized for operations from short, improvised runways ⓘ
numberBuilt	over 300 airframes ⓘ
numberOfEngines	1 ⓘ
operator	Swedish Air Force ⓘ
predecessor	Saab 35 Draken ⓘ
primaryUser	Swedish Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriod	early 1970s to late 1970s ⓘ
replacedBy	JAS 39 Gripen ⓘ surface form: Saab JAS 39 Gripen
retired	2005 ⓘ
role	attack ⓘ fighter ⓘ maritime strike ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ trainer ⓘ
serviceCeiling	approximately 18,000 m ⓘ
SF 37 ViggenRole	photo-reconnaissance ⓘ
SH 37 ViggenRole	maritime reconnaissance and strike ⓘ
SK 37 ViggenRole	two-seat trainer ⓘ
variant	Saab 37 Viggen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AJ 37 Viggen Saab 37 Viggen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: JA 37 Viggen Saab 37 Viggen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SF 37 Viggen Saab 37 Viggen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SH 37 Viggen Saab 37 Viggen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SK 37 Viggen

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saab AB → notableAircraft → Saab 37 Viggen ⓘ

Saab 32 Lansen → successor → Saab 37 Viggen ⓘ

Saab 35 Draken → successor → Saab 37 Viggen ⓘ