{"id":6565056,"date":"2026-07-21T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/sweden-additional-gripen-e-replace-ukraine-bound-jets-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:55:54","slug":"sweden-additional-gripen-e-replace-ukraine-bound-jets-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/sweden-additional-gripen-e-replace-ukraine-bound-jets-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden Wants Twelve More Gripens Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Sweden is giving Ukraine a fighter fleet. At Farnborough this week, the head of the Swedish Air Force explained how Sweden intends to avoid ending up smaller as a result.<\/p>\r\n<p>Major General Jonas Wikman told Breaking Defense that a further batch of twelve <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/aerei\/saab-gripen\/\">Gripen E<\/a> fighters will be added to Sweden's procurement cycle to compensate for the older Gripen C\/Ds heading to Kyiv. That would take the Swedish fleet to 72 aircraft, against the 60 ordered in 2013.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is not a contract. It is a stated intention, from one source, with no value and no date attached. But it tells you how Stockholm is thinking about the arithmetic of giving away combat aircraft during a war.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 8px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #222;\">Informazioni rapide<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Who said it<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Major General Jonas Wikman, Chief of the Swedish Air Force, speaking at Farnborough on 20 July 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>The plan<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">An additional 12 Gripen E to be added to Sweden\u2019s procurement cycle \u201cat a later date\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Resulting fleet<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">72 aircraft, against an original order of 60 placed in 2013<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Perch\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">To backfill Gripen C\/D airframes being transferred to Ukraine<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Ukraine deal<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Signed 30 June 2026: 16 new-build Gripen E for delivery in 2029\u20132030, worth about SEK 24.6 billion (roughly US$2.5 billion)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Used jets first<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Ukraine is due to receive Gripen C\/Ds from the beginning of 2027<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Production<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Saab is targeting 25\u201330 Gripen a year, roughly double its current rate<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Caveat<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Reported by a single outlet. No Saab or Swedish Armed Forces announcement has followed<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The problem with generosity<\/h2>\r\n<p>Every European air force that has sent combat aircraft to Ukraine has run into the same wall. The jets you can most easily spare are the ones you are still using. Give away a squadron and you have a squadron-shaped hole until the replacements arrive, which in fighter procurement means years.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sweden's answer is to treat the transfer and the replacement as one transaction. The C\/Ds go east from early 2027; twelve more Es get added to the order book to cover the loss. On paper, Sweden ends up with a larger and considerably more capable fleet than it started with.<\/p>\r\n<p>On paper. Wikman was careful to say the investment would be added to the procurement cycle at a later date, which is procurement language for \u201cwe have agreed this is necessary and have not yet agreed how to pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cWe are naturally looking forward to be a provider of continued support to Ukraine\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman<\/strong> \u2014 Chief of the Swedish Air Force<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=2006871209  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:DFN7.c76c\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/swedish-gripen-e-vortices-climb.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39E Gripen climbing with wingtip vortices\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">A Swedish JAS 39E Gripen at the Royal International Air Tattoo. Sweden received its first Gripen E in October 2025 and only a handful have flown so far. USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A fleet that barely exists yet<\/h2>\r\n<p>There is a detail here worth holding onto. Sweden does not currently operate 60 Gripen E. It operates a handful. The first Swedish aircraft was handed over in October 2025, and Wikman described \u201cmore than a handful\u201d flying under the procurement agency FMV ahead of formal service entry.<\/p>\r\n<p>So the country simultaneously stands up a new fighter type, hands its predecessor to a nation at war, trains Ukrainian pilots and ground crews on it, and adds twelve aircraft to an order it has not finished taking delivery of. That is a considerable amount of change for an air force of Sweden's size.<\/p>\r\n<p>Wikman's confidence rests partly on how quickly the Ukrainian side has moved before. Ukraine has a track record of introducing Western types \u2014 F-16, Mirage 2000 \u2014 far faster than the timelines Western air forces would consider normal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cI am deeply proud that Sweden and Saab can now enable the provision of Gripen E to Ukraine, bringing a world-class fighter that will transform the Ukrainian Air Force\u2019s capability. This will significantly strengthen Ukraine\u2019s air defence and help ensure the nation can protect its people and safeguard its future\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Michele Johannson<\/strong> \u2014 President and Chief Executive Officer, Saab<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Can Saab build them?<\/h2>\r\n<p>That is the real constraint. Johansson has said Saab is aiming for somewhere between 25 and 30 Gripen a year \u2014 close to double what the company produces now. Ukraine's 16 new-build Es are slated for 2029\u20132030. Sweden's additional twelve would queue behind or alongside them.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ukraine has spoken of an eventual ambition of up to 150 Swedish jets. At 25 to 30 aircraft a year, shared with Sweden and Saab's other customers, that is a decade-scale programme even if every contract were signed tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n<p>Which is why the sentence to watch is not the one about twelve aircraft. It is the one about the factory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y9lstNUp6cQ\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: -8px; font-style: italic;\">Sweden takes delivery of its first Gripen E, October 2025.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: Breaking Defense, Saab, The War Zone.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/saab-gripen-e-ukraine-contract-signed-2026\/\">It's Official: Ukraine Is Getting 16 Gripen Es<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/france-ukraine-16-rafale-deal-2026\/\">La Francia assegna 16 Rafale all&#039;Ucraina<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/europe-nato-airpower-gap-us-steps-back-2026\/\">L&#039;Europa riuscir\u00e0 a mantenere il controllo dello spazio aereo se l&#039;America si far\u00e0 da parte?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the Swedish Air Force says a further 12 Gripen E will be added to Sweden&#8217;s procurement cycle to backfill the C\/D fighters going to Ukraine, taking the fleet to 72.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":6564081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6565056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-aviation","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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