The
Saab-105Ö trainer appears to be still in service and able of CAS missions (with 30mm gun pods and 75mm rockets).
Also, some
12 F-5E Tigers are being leased from Switzerland, apparently as interim for the EF-2000.
This Swiss press release quotes July 2004 as the date of first delivery of the F-5s to Austria.
So to quote the
official Austrian air defense webpage:
Quote:
Als aktive Komponente der Luftraumüberwachung stehen derzeit die von der Schweiz geleasten F-5E "Tiger" und die Saab 105 zur Verfügung.
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To this day, the active components of the airspace defense are the Saab-105 and the F-5E leased from Switzerland.