Hungary: Successful Hungarian Missile Trials With Gripen

Hungary: Successful Hungarian Missile Trials With Gripen Jul 20, 2008: The Hungarian Air Force has carried-out a series of successful live firing trials with its Gripen fighters fitted with Sidewinder air-to-air missiles at FMV's Vidsel test range in Sweden. It was the PUMA Squadron, from the Hungarian Air Force Kecskemet Air Base, which flew into Vidsel with six Gripen fighter aircraft during the second week in June. The purpose of the week long visit was to verify the Sidewinder missile system, known as Robot 74 in Sweden, for the Hungarian version of the Gripen fighter. The trials, which involved live firings carried out against manoeuvrable towed targets, took place during two aircraft runs with four planned missile firings on each run. "The trials results were very successful. Together with the customer, we carried out two aircraft runs with a total of six Sidewinder firings in a single afternoon. This is something we have never achieved before," says test site director Laci Bonivart.