J35F/J Dragen

Hasegawa 1/48. 

Suomellakin käytössä ollut Dragen. Suomalaiset siirtokuvat myydään erkseen.

Saab J35 Draken Suomessa tarkoittaa Suomen ilmavoimien käytössä vuosina 1972–2000 olleita Saab J 35 Draken -hävittäjiä, joista osa oli valmistettu Ruotsissa ja osa lisenssillä Suomessa.

Draken oli 1990-luvulle saakka Suomen ilmavoimien päähävittäjätyyppi Mikojan-Gurevitš MiG-21:n kanssa. Ensimmäinen Suomen ilmavoimien lennosto, joka sai Drakeneita oli Hämeen lennosto. Koneet osoitettiin Hämeen lennoston Hävittäjälentolaivue 11:lle. Hämeen lennoston kalustona oli vuonna 1958 hankittuja Folland Gnateja ja myös kuusi vuonna 1966 hankittua MiG-21-hävittäjää. 

The Saab 35 Draken (IPA:[²drɑːkɛn]; The Kite, ambiguous with The Dragon) is a Swedishfighter-interceptor developed and manufactured by Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) between 1955 and 1974. Development of the Saab 35 Draken started in 1948 as the Swedish air force future replacement for the then also in development Saab 29 Tunnan dayfighter and Saab 32B Lansennight fighter. It featured an innovative but unproven double delta wing, which led to the creation of a sub-scale test aircraft, the Saab 210,
which was produced and flown to test this previously-unexplored
aerodynamic feature. The full-scale production version entered service
with frontline squadrons of the Swedish Air Force on 8 March 1960. It was produced in several variants and types, most commonly as a fighter-interceptor.

Saab 35F (Filip)

Fighter version designated J 35F (Filip). Delivered between 1965 and 1972, total production: 230. This variant had improved electronics and avionics, e.g. integrated
radar, aim and missile systems, introducing the capability to use semi-active radar homing (SARH) and infrared homing (IR) versions of the Hughes Falcon missile, rb 27 and rb 28
respectively, originally intended for the J 35D. To make space for more
avionics, the left cannon was removed, with ammunition increased to 120
rounds for the right cannon as compensation.

The J 35F existed in two primary variants:

• J 35F1 – initial version without an infrared search and track sensor under the nose.
• J 35F2 – later version with a Hughes N71 infrared search and track sensor under the nose (IR-spanare 71N).
  This was a change in the production line from the no. 35501 airframe.
  The Hawé mods I & II were carried out on the P/S-01/011 radar sets
  in the early 1980s to improve resistance to ECM.

Saab 35J (Johan)

Fighter version designated J 35J (Johan). In 1985 the Swedish government decided to modify 67 J 35F2s to the J 35J standard. The aircraft received a longer lifespan, modernized electronics, a
modernized cannon, two additional hardpoints under the intakes for extra
AIM-9 Sidewinder pylons (balk G, "pylon G") and increased external fuel capacity. The modification took place between 1987 and 1991.^[71] The final operational J 35J flew for the last time in 1999.