https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/ukraine-selects-gripen-... Ukraine, this is a better option than the F-16 or F/18 because it can operate from very austere facilities, like roads. Its engine intake isn’t a FOD scoop and a petrol bowser, truck with ordnance, and another of common spares plus 6 men/women can support it in the field. Plus, it is a nasty bogey when flown by a competent pilot. Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g Author of: Cherubs 2 Raider of the Scottish Coast Big Mother 40 Carronade Render Harmless Death of a Lady Forgotten Last Battles Inner Look For a Few Francs Moscow Airlift Predators The Simushir Island Incident Flight of the Pawnee Failure to Fire Insidious Dragon The Red Star of Death Member of: The Author’s Guild Military Writers Society of America Association of Texas Authors North American Snowsport Journalists Association --