The Tunnan was the first Swedish jet aircraft to see combat. In response to an appeal by the United Nations (UN) for military support in September 1961, an initial force of five J 29Bs organized as the F 22 Wing of the Swedish Air Force, were stationed in the Republic of Congo as Sweden's contribution to a UN peacekeeping mission . [31]

SAAB 29 Tunnan (fil) (FV-typnummer: flygplan 29, kort fpl 29), även kallad Flygande tunnan, var ett svenskt enmotorigt reaktionsdrivet stridsflygplan utvecklat av Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) på beställning från det svenska flygvapnet för att …

2023年5月2日 · Sweden’s “Flying Barrel” – The Saab 29 Tunnan – The first swept-wing fighter to be built in Western Europe and clearly a child of the Cold War, the Saab 29, sometimes also referred to as the J29, fittingly earned the moniker “Tunnan” or “Barrel.”

The Saab 29, popularly called Flygande tunnan ("The Flying Barrel"), was a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1950s. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R. Despite its rotund appearance, the J 29 was fast and agile, serving...

2016年7月25日 · The Saab 29 Tunnan was a single-seat, single-engine transonic aircraft and first-generation jet fighter. It was a small aircraft with a single central air intake placed at the nose, a bubble cockpit and thin sweptback wings.

2018年10月16日 · The Saab J 29 Tunnan (meaning "barrel" due to its stubby-like barrel appearance) originating from Swedish aero-industry during the Cold War period (1947-1991) was the second jet-fighter design produced the country following the close of World War 2 …

2023年12月28日 · J29 Tunnan: Meet the Only Swedish Aircraft to Go to War – As Sweden is now set to join NATO there is a chance that its military aircraft could be deployed in a future conflict. Months back,...

2023年4月5日 · The Saab 29 Tunnan was a jet fighter developed by the Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab AB in the late 1940s. It was developed in response to a concern that Sweden was falling behind other nations in terms of military technology, particularly during the early days of the Cold War with Sweden sitting geographically between East and West.

Born out of Sweden's need to catch up after WWII, the SAAB J29 emerged as a technological marvel. Designed in just a few years, it incorporated swept wings (acquired from German research) and a powerful British engine, becoming the first mass-produced jet fighter with this configuration in Europe.

2023年6月7日 · The Saab 29, Flygande Tunnan (The Flying Barrel) was a Swedish fighter manufactured in the late 1940s. It was the first Western European aircraft with swept wings post WW2, only being preceded in Western Europe by the Me 262 built during the war.