Draken acquired 22 F1M and F1B fighters from Spain

Draken International announced on Nov. 27 that it has acquired 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighters from Spain.

C.14-72 14-44 an AMD Mirage F1EE F.1M of Spanish Air Forces Ala. 14 (3936803975)
By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

These jets were retired in February 2013 and stored in Albacete Air Base, Spain but being sold to Draken in September this year.

The company said in the press statement that those jets are “the best equipped and lowest time fighters of their kind available to the industry.” The F1s are equipped with an updated Cyrano IVM radar.