bjornpilot

Former Airbus 330, 340 and 350 Airline Captain. Aviation and SoMe consultant ( Author and lecturer. 🛫📸🎥🚘😎

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@khellstrom En grupp Viggen från F6 var i luften med varierande beväpning. För varningseld och verkan med bl a Rb04.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@khellstrom Det är i huvudsak en korrekt beskrivning. Med lågflygning hade man större chans att undvika fiendens luftvärn. Dvs överleva. Det är i sig inte farligt att flyga lågt, det var få olyckor som orsakades av det. Men det fanns andra anledningar till olyckor.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@GripenNews 10m over sea, lowest permissable altitude in Swedish Airforce during the cold war. 20m over land, but there was no equipment to measure or record. In practice, fly as low as you dare.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@RpsAgainstTrump 😂

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@BLackgold_5 That's not skill. It's lack of knowledge. If the nose is lowered the plane stops quicker because the spoilers are more exposed to the air. So more drag when nose gear is down. 🙂

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@jalle51 The F35 is difficult to detect until it communicates. Then it's easy.
Why spend so much money on it, when you can get more power for 1/6 of the flight hour cost with The Saab Gripen?

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@krystofkajanek @IuliiaMendel 😂

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@IuliiaMendel Easy to end the war. Russia, get out of Ukraine!

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@klaasm67 @olex_scherba You attacked Ukraine. They did NOT attack you. Disgusting!

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@BohuslavskaKate If you make friends you get stronger. Very simple.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"We forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers..
We promised to protect Ukraine from Russia.
We made Ukraine vulnerable.

So yes,this is our war."

- Bill Clinton
🫡

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@Platypuss_10 The plane stops faster if you lower the nose. This is just silly.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@nHenrikJ Vad kostar 3-4 skott med en 40mm? Inte mycket. 😁

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

https://t.co/iraBRicnum

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@MaxVillman Go for the weapons factories, to stop the steady flow to Russia.

[Thorstrike @rospigge60559]

Sometimes a procurement decision says more about strategy than about the aircraft.
Washington’s response to reports that Canada may lean toward the Saab Gripen has been unusually public for a routine fighter purchase. Statements from the U.S. Department of Defense suggest the issue is being viewed through a strategic lens, not just a technical one.
This debate is not really about speed, stealth, or unit cost. It’s about long-term airpower integration, defense-industrial dependencies, and how interoperability is defined inside NATO.
If confirmed, Canada’s direction could signal a shift: allied procurement becoming more flexible, less tied to a single supplier ecosystem, and more focused on resilience and autonomy.
In a security environment marked by tighter budgets, higher readiness demands, and supply-chain risk, fighter choices increasingly reflect strategy as much as capability.
This is bigger than one aircraft. It’s about how alliance cooperation adapts in a more complex, multipolar world.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@noonehereyet @NATO_AIRCOM @flygvapnet @SweMFA @A330_MMU @EtatMajorFR @IcelandNATO @SHAPE_NATO @NATO @JFCNorfolk Big mouth, little knowledge.

[bjornpilot @bjornpilot]

@ronaldo77169905 @Defence_Index Gripen is stealth with EW. Not with poor aerodynamics.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Stephen Miller called ICE an “elite federal law enforcement agency.”

Meanwhile, ICE agents:

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Here is the full text of 🇨🇦 PM Carney speech in Davos earlier today. It will probably be the best of speeches there this year. https://t.co/1xRKzimHlf