Rank 53 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the Saab JAS 39 Gripen as the austere-operations fighter Sweden built for dispersed basing and rapid reaction — not as a generic grey jet on white. The JAS 39C variant shown here carries the splinter camouflage pattern and Meteor–IRIS-T loadout that define modern Swedish air defence, while the 71st Fighter Squadron at Luleå Air Base holds quick-reaction alert duty across northern Sweden's vast exercise airspace. First flown in 1997, the Gripen's canard-delta planform, Volvo RM12 engine, and road-base philosophy made it one of Europe's most exportable lightweight fighters — and this plate captures that silhouette in clean technical profile with 9237 on the nose and a yellow-green 71 on the tail.