{"id":14320,"date":"2019-11-25T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14320"},"modified":"2019-11-25T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:58:30","slug":"paramount-group-powers-drakens-first-mirage-f1-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/paramount-group-powers-drakens-first-mirage-f1-flight\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Group Powers Draken\u2019s First Mirage F1 Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paramount Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of Paramount\nGroup, the global aerospace and technology company, provided upgrade and\nengineering support for Draken International\u2019s first regenerated Mirage F1 that\ntook to the skies on its maiden flight over Lakeland Linder International\nAirport, Lakeland, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draken-F1B-Tedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14322\" width=\"343\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draken-F1B-Tedit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draken-F1B-Tedit-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption><em>Mirage F1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The supersonic, radar-equipped F1 is part of a fleet of\nex-military fighter aircraft currently being regenerated by Draken assisted by\nParamount Aerospace Systems. The former Spanish Air Force F1 fleet will soon\njoin Draken\u2019s 13 A-4 Skyhawks and 23 L-159 Honey Badgers that currently support\nthe USAF out of Nellis AFB. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paramount Aerospace Systems and Draken signed a contract\nlast year for the overhaul and ongoing engineering support of the fleet of\nMirage F1\u2019s. The Mirage F1\u2019s are undergoing reassembly, restoration and\nairworthiness certification at Draken\u2019s Lakeland, Florida maintenance facility.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Griessel, CEO of Paramount Group USA said: \u201cWe are\nproud to support Draken\u2019s Mirage F1 regeneration programme. Paramount has\nextensive capability on this aircraft with full airframe and engine overhaul\ncapability, as well as the ability to upgrade and modernise avionics and\nmission systems. It is exciting to be working with Draken and this paves the\nway for a strong long-term relationship. The deployment of Paramount\u2019s team\nin-country has proven the importance of having such expertise available on the\nground to ensure we can provide the ultimate solution to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paramount Aerospace specializes in the modernization of\nfixed wing platforms including leading the previous modernization of the Mirage\nF1M while still in Spanish Air Force military service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of Paramount Group, the global aerospace and technology company, provided upgrade and engineering support for Draken International\u2019s first regenerated Mirage F1 that took to the skies on its maiden flight over Lakeland Linder International Airport, Lakeland, Florida. The supersonic, radar-equipped F1 is part of a fleet of ex-military fighter aircraft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/drakenedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14323,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14320\/revisions\/14323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}