{"id":86037,"date":"2024-07-13T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/thai-air-force-picks-gripens-over-f-16s\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:28:06","slug":"thai-air-force-picks-saab-gripens-over-lockheed-martin-f-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=86037","title":{"rendered":"Thai Air Force Picks SAAB Gripens Over Lockheed Martin F-16s"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Bangkok Post<\/a>, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has selected the Swedish-made Gripen E\/F fighter jet over its American-made F-16<\/a> Block 70 counterpart. The Saab Gripen and the Lockheed Martin F-16 are two popular fourth-generation multirole fighter jets<\/a> and are much cheaper and easier for smaller air forces to operate than the advanced fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thailand appears to have chosen Swedish Gripens to replace the aging F-16s with the new F-16 Block 70s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,231,625,628,11471,716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-asia","category-f-16","category-fighter-jets","category-saab-jas-39-gripen","category-thailand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t