The JAS 39 Gripen made by Swedish defence and aerospace company Saab is among the options the Philippines is considering for the new fighter jets, along with the F-16 produced by American firm Lockheed Martin.
Swedish ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg proposed the sale of up to a dozen Gripens to Manila when she met Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jnr in August.
A fourth-generation single-engine and multi-role fighter jet, the Gripen has been exported to five countries – Brazil, the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand – since it was introduced to the Swedish Air Force in 1996. Read More...
Josh Duggar has not given up hope.
Not just yet, at least.
On Wednesday, Duggar’s lead attorney, Justin Gelfand, was granted a motion that asked for "additional time to rile post-trial motions."
Gelfand is the same lawyer who vowed to appeal his client’s guilty verdict almost immediately after it was read out loud in court last month, and this appeal is at the center of this new request. Read More...
If you ever thought Sam Elliott would fit right in with the modern day Duttons on Yellowstone, you're not alone. Creator Taylor Sheridan offered the 1883 star a part on the Kevin Costner-led show a year ago, before negotiating with him to play Shea Brennan, a 19th century trail leader.
"I’d never crossed paths with him before," Elliott tells Jefferson White on the Official Yellowstone Podcast. "I'd certainly seen his work and seen stuff that he'd written. Read More...