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Combat Aircraft. The largest – and most divisive and politically charged – defense program Austria has ever undertaken is its acquisition of 15 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
In 2002, the ruling People's Party (ÖVP) initiated a procurement process for the replacement of Austria's obsolete Saab J-35D Draken (designated the S-35ÖE Mk 2 in Austrian service). Austria acquired the 1960s-vintage Drakens from Sweden in the early 1980s.
When the Austrian Defense Ministry selected its...
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