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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 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.
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of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft.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 ...
Pages in category "Swiss Air Force" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... List of aircraft of Switzerland in World War II; Lufttransport ...
The Swiss parliament decided not to purchase 22 Gripen E replacement aircraft. In summer of 2014, the Swiss Air Force released plans to move from six F-5Es to four F/A-18Cs by the end of 2016. To facilitate these reduced operations, fewer air displays would be flown and, as a result, the aircraft were unlikely to receive special paint. [4] [5]
The F+W C-3605, nicknamed Schlepp ("Tug") or "Alpine Anteater", was a target towing aircraft operated by the Swiss Air Force from 1971–1987. The aircraft was developed during the latter half of the 1960s by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette) (EKW), renamed Farner Werke (F+W) in 1972, as a conversion of the existing C-3603 ground attack/target ...
This is a list of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force during World War II. During World War II, despite Switzerland being neutral throughout, Swiss pilots did engage with axis and allied aircraft to defend Swiss airspace.