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Hungary takes delivery of first two additional Saab JAS 39 Gripen C fighters under 2024 fleet-expansion deal

The Hungarian Defence Forces have received two new Saab JAS 39 Gripen C fighters for operation by the 101st Aviation Wing at Kecskemét Air Base. Deliveries are the first under a 2024 agreement between Hungary’s defence ministry and Sweden’s procurement agency FMV to expand the fleet.

Discovered 2026-04-30T03:39:01.619881-07:00 | 2026-04-30T03:39:01.619881-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Hungary’s Gripen C expansion begins with two jets already delivered, indicating continued force-modernisation momentum through the 101st Aviation Wing and Kecskemét’s fighter footprint.
  • The 2024 FMV-backed procurement underscores how Gripen partner nations are managing incremental growth—relevant context for how Saab frames Gripen sustainment and affordability in ongoing export campaigns, including with Canada (see Saab: talks with Canada over Gripen remain ‘intensive’).
  • For airframe sustainment and performance extension planning, deliveries like this are part of a broader Gripen lifecycle roadmap that also includes engine upgrades such as Sweden’s RM12EP (see GKN Aerospace delivers first RM12EP engine to Swedish Air Force).

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