Since the Brazilian pro-AMERICAN regime came to power, it has always maintained a hostile attitude toward the Venezuelan regime: actively uniting with pro-American countries in South America and adopting a policy of economic, political, and military sanctions against Venezuela – even directly interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs, forcing Venezuela to close its borders with the two countries;
Brazil's pro-American president is disgusted by the Maduro regime: in addition to supporting Guaido's subversion of the Maduro regime, he has provided financial assistance to the Venezuelan opposition and participated in the Colombian armed aggression against venezuela (mercenaries and drug traffickers);
Venezuela remains highly vigilant about the possibility of Brazilian military aggression: not only has the border been closed, but elite special forces have been deployed in the border areas of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela – colombian mercenary aggression has indeed occurred; and the brazilian air force's new JAS-39E fighter jet dwarfs the Venezuelan Su-30MK2: the Su-30MK2 has only increased its ability to attack the sea, and its radar still has not departed from the scope of the Russian-made pulse Doppler radar Brazil's JSS-39E has adopted the AESA system and the Fly-Fire-Push integrated system – capabilities that the Venezuelan Air Force fighters lack;
The first 4 Gripen ordered by Brazil is expected to be delivered to the 1st Air Defense Group of the Brazilian Air Force in Annapolis from October 2021, with the delivery of all 36 aircraft to be completed in 2026, with a specific timeline of: 4 in 2021, 7 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 8 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 2 in 2026;
The latest version of the JAS-39 Gripen fighter is the JAS-39E model: the General Electric F414-GE-39E engine equipped with General Electric has a military thrust of 57.8 kN and a rear-burn thrust of 97.9 kN, which increases the maximum take-off weight of the JAS-39E from 14 tons to 16 tons compared to the previous generation of Gripen, and modifies the full-privilege digital electronic control software for the use characteristics of single-engine fighters; The JAS-39E can also perform limited supersonic cruising, and can reach Mach 1.1 flight for a certain time without the engine afterburner;
JaS-39 E uses active phased array radar instead of pulse Doppler radar: the ES-05 Raven AESA not only has a long detection distance, but also has high detection accuracy, which is very advantageous in air combat. Inside the newly designed radome, a new Secondary Environmental Control System (ECS) is matched. Other avionics equipment includes the M426S Electronic Scanning Friend or Foe Identification System (IFF), the Skyward-G Infrared Search and Tracking System (IRST), the New Missile Warning System (MAWS) connected to the Automatic Foil Strip/IR Jamming Bomb Device, the Satellite Communications Kit, the New Display, the Digital Heads-Up Display, and the Encrypted Anti-Jamming Tactical DataLink;
The JAS-39E is equipped with a forward-looking infrared system turret in front of the cockpit windshield: it provides the fighter with reconnaissance, ranging, laser indication and forensic functions, and it and the radar can have a better perception ability, and the information and data of these targets will be displayed through the newly installed single large multi-function display, thus enabling the fighter to have a precision strike capability. There is a bulge in front of the canard wing of the JAS-39E, which is the missile approach alarm, which can reduce the reflection area of its radar when the canard wing is deflected, so that the fighter has a certain stealth performance;
In addition, jaS-39E also added 2 weapon pylons to the previous Gripen, both of which are located in the belly position, because jas-39E moved the landing gear near the wing root, and these two pylons can mount the Meteor medium-range air-to-air missiles to improve the air combat capabilities of the fighter. The Gripen E of the Brazilian Air Force will be mainly equipped with the IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile of The German company Deere, as well as the A-Darter air-to-air missile jointly developed by Brazil and South Africa. The A-Darter with a maximum range of 15 km uses thrust vectoring control technology with post-launch locking and off-axis launch capabilities, with a maximum off-axis launch angle of up to 90°. Of course, Brazil has also acquired about 100 Meteor missiles; air-surface weapons are mainly RBS-15 subsonic anti-ship missiles purchased from Sweden, with an effective range of up to 200 kilometers, in addition to Israel's "Spice" 250 off-zone GPS-guided bombs;
AEL's involvement in the Gripen project means that Brazil participates as a technical collaborator in the development and production of the Gripen E/F: Saab's sales contract to Brazil includes not only aircraft, simulators, spare parts, training, technical assistance and logistical support, but also comprehensive technology transfer and deep involvement of local Brazilian companies. The Gripen arms purchase is expected to contain 60 subcontracts, generating 14,000 direct and indirect jobs in Brazil. On November 22, 2016, Embraer and Saab partnered with Saab to establish the Gripen Design and Development Center (GDDN) in Garvi Opexott, São Paulo, Brazil, becoming the second Gripen R&D center for fighter jets after Sweden. The center is located at EM's production site in Garvey Opexott, which will also be gripen's test center and final assembly workshop in Brazil. Local production of jas-39E/F in Brazil is led by EM, with the participation of six Brazilian companies, including AET TECHNOLOGIES, Akaer Aerospace Defense, McCtron Missiles, Inbra Airlines and Atmos Systems. In October 2015, a year after the introduction of the Gripen contract in Brazil and Sweden, the first batch of 50 Brazilian engineers from several companies went to Linkpin's Saab plant for training. This rotational training program is still ongoing today. By the end of the training by 2024, more than 350 pilots, technicians, engineers, mechanics and operators are expected to complete their training, receive various technology transfer documents and receive technical training, thus providing the Brazilian aviation industry with the knowledge and skills needed to fully carry out gripen R&D and production. Upon returning to Brazil, the vast majority of these trainees will go to the Gripen Design and Development Center in the state of São Paulo – the Brazilian Air Force's order for 36 aircraft, of which 13 are "made in pure Sweden" completed entirely by Saab, 8 are manufactured by Brazilian engineers in Sweden, and 15 will be moved to the assembly line in Brazil, and the first "made in Brazil" JAS-39E will roll off the production line in 2023 as planned. Brazil's Gripen fleet will continue to maintain combat effectiveness and continue to upgrade - this is the most headache for the Venezuelan Air Force;
The only fighter in Venezuela that can be matched against the Gripen is the FC-1 Dragon light fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan.
The unattended layer of the "Dragon" FC-1's supersonic intake duct is composed of a bulge and a recent fairing that extends forward, which compresses and separates the surface layer, thereby reducing the resistance of the aircraft and reflecting radar waves, so that it does not need to install auxiliary intake valves, thereby improving maneuverability and increasing reliability - this is a technical height that The Gripen cannot reach;
At present, the latest FC-1 Block III has begun mass production: its three-plane AESA, the new diffraction flat display, EO-DAS system, "fly-fire-push" integrated system, infrared missile attack warning system, large flat wide-angle display, integrated cockpit display, etc. are no less than the JAS-39E fighter, and even surpassed!
The weapon system of the "Dragon Fighter" fighter exceeds that of the "Gripen": medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles, short-range omnidirectional air-to-air missiles, supersonic anti-ship missiles, precision-guided strike munitions - the civilian navigation accuracy of the US GPS satellite is only 10 meters; the navigation accuracy of China's Beidou is within 1-2 meters;
The Pakistan Air Force has been equipped with more than 100 fighters, and the performance of each batch of fighters has been improved to varying degrees: the BlockI FC-1 does not have medium-range air combat capabilities and ground precision strike capabilities, and the price is only $15 million; the BlockII type is equipped with radio electronic equipment subsystems, aerial refueling systems and weapons pylons on the basis of the BlockI type, which also makes the block II type sell for about $25 million The price of the BlockIII jumped to nearly $50 million. Even so, the Price of the BlockIII model is more than double that of the JAS-39: In 2014, Brazil spent a total of $5.4 billion on contracts for 36 JAS-39Es, including 28 single-seat JAS-39ENG and eight two-seat JAS-39FNG, each priced at around $150 million (including later maintenance and infrastructure costs), but the JAS-39E cost at least $100 million. At such a price, you can buy fighters of the "Typhoon" and "Rafale" levels;
The FC-1 BlockIII is only priced at about $50 million, and the price of the two jas-39NG "Eagle Division" is combined. Venezuela's international, economic, and military capabilities are limited: he has purchased a large number of Chinese mid- and advanced trainer aircraft, pilots are no strangers to flying Chinese fighters, and combat power conversion is easy to form. Moreover, in addition to the slight loss in load, the rest of the strength of the "Dragon-3" is not inferior to that of the "Gripen".