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BRAZIL UNVEILS FIRST SUPERSONIC FIGHTER JET ASSEMBLED IN COUNTRY

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • Mar 25
  • 1 min read

Brazil became the first Latin American nation to build a ​supersonic fighter jet on Wednesday when it ‌unveiled the first Gripen plane assembled in the country.

Brazil first signed the contract for Saab's Gripen in 2014, choosing ​it over Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet and ​the Rafale, made by France's Dassault, to replace ⁠its aging fleet of fighter jets.

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