Three different variants were created, 16 dual-seat Cheetah D, 16 single-seat Cheetah E and 38 single-seat Cheetah C. The Cheetah Es were retired in 1992, and the Cheetah Cs and Cheetah Ds in April 2008, being replaced by the Saab Gripen.
Promet pod mostom je bil prekinjen samo enkrat in to za štiri leta, v času Španske državljanske vojne, ko je bil zgornji del miniran.