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The Swiss Air Force (German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independent service.
A Messerschmitt 109 on display at the flight museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland A vintage Dewoitine D.27 restored to flying condition A de Havilland Venom in a diorama setting at the Flieger-Flab-Museum The sole example of an AS365 Dauphin in VIP configuration A BAE Hawk landing at Buochs, Switzerland A Swiss Hawker Hunter A EKW C-35 multipurpose biplane
The history of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft. It was only in the 1930s that an effective air force was established at great cost, capable of inflicting several embarrassing defeats on the Nazi Luftwaffe in the course of an initially vigorous defence of neutral Swiss airspace.
PAYERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Switzerland's armed forces landed fighter jets on a stretch of motorway in the west of the country on Wednesday, testing the ability of combat aircraft to operate ...
The Swiss Air Force worked on extending the operational times in 2016, aiming to be maintaining readiness for two armed jet fighters round-the-clock by 2020. [37] On 31 December 2020, the Swiss Air Force gained two operational fighter jets ready to scramble 24/7.
Two Swiss Air Force F/A-18C Hornet fighter jets above releasing flares. Airfield Command Payerne (French: Commandement base aérienne Payerne) is one of two fighter bases of the air force. The command also supports the Swiss Federal Government's Air Transport Service at Bern Airport. [17] [30]
Image Name Status Home base Aircraft type History Notes Fliegerstaffel 1 Rokh: Inactive: Dübendorf Air Base: F-5E: Hawker Hunter, DH-100 Vampire, C-3036, Fokker C.V, Häfeli DH-5
Meiringen Air Base, also known as the Unterbach Military Airfield, is a Swiss military airbase located near the hamlet of Unterbach and the town of Meiringen, in the canton of Bern. It is one of three main airbases of the Swiss Air Force .