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Remaining Swedish experts on JAS-39 to leave Czech Republic

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To help Czech Republic induct the Gripen into service, Sweden sent a group of pilots and mechanics to help the former setup shop in 2005. After ten years, the last batch of experts will depart this September.

Saab JAS-39 Gripen of the Czech Air Force taking off from AFB Čáslav
© Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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