The Saab Gripen is a 4.5th generation aircraft designed for austere, decentralized, dispersed operations. While the Swedish Air Force gets great value out of the JAS 39, many air forces such as the United States Air Force, the Luftwaffe, or the Royal Air Force operate completely differently. How well suited is the Gripen and dispersal operations in NATO's air forces?

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00:00 Aspiration for NATO? Gripen and the Swedish Air Force
00:33 NATO and the Swedish Air Force model
02:09 Gripen: 21st Century Dispersal
04:20 NATO: Importing Skill
05:50 Gripen: Specialized Tool
07:51 Basing: Budgetary Efficiency
11:10 Training: Making Decisions
15:51 Mentality: Risk Appetite
20:04 This is where we are at

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