Saab 38 Explained

Saab 38
Aircraft Type:Attack/Trainer
Manufacturer:Saab/Alenia Aermacchi
Status:Cancelled project

The Saab 38 (also known as B3LA or A 38/Sk 38) was a single-engine jet trainer and attack aircraft planned by Saab during the 1970s.[1] [2] [3] The project was a collaboration between Saab and the Italian aircraft manufacturer Aermacchi. It was to replace the older Saab 105 jet trainer in the Swedish Air Force, but the aircraft never got past the drawing board and was canceled in 1979 in favour of the more advanced Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moeng . Sophearith . The Vital Guide to Military Aircraft . 1994 . Airlife Publishing . United Kingdom . 9781853105371 . 108 . 9 November 2025 . Google Books.
  2. Amann . Daniel . Changing Path and Curbing Cost Escalation: Lessons Learnt from the Gripen Case . Defence and Peace Economics . 19 May 2022 . 33 . 4 . 429 . 10.1080/10242694.2020.1870310 . 9 November 2025 . 1024-2694.
  3. Sedin . Yngve C-J . Persson . Ingemar . Ã…slund . Henrik . COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS ON A GENERIC UCAV/URAV CONFIGURATION . 25th international congress of aeronautical sciences . 2006 . 2 . 9 November 2025 . International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences.

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