On this day in aviation history, 70 years ago (October 25, 1955), the Saab 35 Draken took its first flight. Known as the ...

Key Points and Summary - Europe is racing to rearm but running into a familiar problem: how smaller states can afford to operate heavy, U.S.-made fighters like the F-35. Sweden has been here before.

World War Two ended amid great anticipation about the future of technology. In their race to win the war, both the Allies and Axis developed, tested, and fielded increasingly more advanced weapons, ...

One of the most aesthetically pleasing and most recognizable aircraft to the Cold War era, the Saab Draken was the double-delta dragon nobody dared attempt to slay, defending the Scandinavian skies ...

The Saab 35 Draken, also known as ‘The Kite’ or ‘The Dragon,’ was the first Western European-built combat aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. Actually, the Draken busted through Mach 2.