The Swiss Air Force (German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra)...
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Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft. Hoyle, Craig (2023). "World Air Forces 2024". FlightGlobal. Retrieved...
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neutral Swiss airspace. The Swiss Air Force as an autonomous military service was created in October 1936. After World War II it was renamed the Swiss Air Force...
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The Swiss Armed Forces (German: Schweizer Armee; French: Armée suisse; Italian: Esercito svizzero; Romansh: Armada svizra; lit. 'Swiss Army') are the military...
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Jahrhundert Schweizer Luftwaffe". lw.admin.ch. Aeropublications, 324 pages, Swiss Air Force. 2013. ISBN 978-3-9524239-0-5. Archived from the original on 15 August...
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Hawker Hunter (section Swiss Air Force)
allowed Switzerland to retire its Hunters earlier than expected; the Hunter was completely withdrawn from Swiss service in 1994. The Swiss Air Force lost...
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Luftwaffe (disambiguation) (redirect from Luftwaffe (German air force))
also refer to: German Air Force, since 1956 Swiss Air Force Luftstreitkräfte (disambiguation) Air force (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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both sides. During the Battle of France, the Swiss Air Force shot down eleven German planes violating Swiss airspace for the loss of three planes in return...
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 (category Switzerland articles missing geocoordinate data)
Saner (19 February 2014). "The Swiss air force: armed and dangerous, but only in office hours". The Guardian. "Swiss Airforce Grounded During Hijacking...
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Swissair Flight 111 (redirect from Swiss Air 111)
MD-11. Before his career with Swissair, he was a fighter pilot in the Swiss Air Force from 1966 to 1970. Zimmermann was described as a friendly person with...
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completed in 2007. In April 2006, the Swiss Defence Procurement Agency (Armasuisse) ordered 20 EC635s for the Swiss Air Force, to replace the aging Aérospatiale...
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Manager Support Command Swiss Senior Staff Officer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy Swiss Senior Staff Officer at KFOR Swiss Military Representative...
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Hunter had a very long career in Swiss Air Force from the late 1950s until they were retired in 1994. The Swiss Air Force operated 160 aircraft, both new...
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of the Swiss Air Force north of Payerne in Switzerland, located approximately halfway between Lausanne and Bern. In 2004 the International Air Show Air04...
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Dassault Mirage III (section Switzerland)
produce 100 Mirage III fighters for the Swiss Air Force. Accordingly, Mirages were manufactured in Switzerland by F+W Emmen (today RUAG, the federal government...
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Pilatus PC-9 (category 1980s Swiss military trainer aircraft)
Swiss Air Force, Croatian Air Force, Royal Thai Air Force and the Irish Air Corps. It has been flown by aerobatics teams, such as the Royal Thai Air Force's...
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Dübendorf) (ICAO: LSMD) was a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force northeast of Dübendorf in Switzerland, located east of Zürich. It includes the Flieger-Flab-Museum...
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Ukrainian Air Force (Ukrainian: Повітряні сили Збройних сил України, romanized: Povitryani syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine...
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Meiringen, in the canton of Bern. It is one of three main airbases of the Swiss Air Force. The airfield is situated in the steep-sided alpine valley of the Aar...
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Ecuadorian Air Force in January 2014. Also, the Uruguayan and Swiss governments discussed a possible agreement for the purchase of ten Swiss Air Force Northrop...
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Pilatus PC-7 (category 1960s Swiss military trainer aircraft)
cockpit avionics, developed for the Swiss Air Force. The designation NCPC-7 has been provisionally used in the Swiss Air Force to differentiate modernized PC-7s...
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Northrop F-5 (section Switzerland)
a referendum by the Swiss people decided against the purchase of the Gripens. For the foreseeable future, the Swiss Air Force will continue to fly its...
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Credit Suisse, Barry Callebaut, Swiss Re, Rolex, Tetra Pak, Swatch Group and Swiss International Air Lines. Switzerland's most important economic sector...
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Pilatus PC-21 (category 2000s Swiss military trainer aircraft)
the Swiss Parliament approved an initial purchase of the PC-21 for the Swiss Air Force. By April 2008, four PC-21 have been accepted by the Swiss Air Force...
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in substantial numbers to Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. The Swiss Air Force was the final operator to use the type in an active...
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Emmen (Emmen Military Air Base) (IATA: EML, ICAO: LSME) is a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force north of Emmen, Switzerland, located northwest of...
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In the Swiss Air Force, an aircraft usually isn't deployed permanently to a given Squadron, which is especially true of the [militia] squadrons who are...
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Swiss Air-Rescue (German: Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht, French: Garde aérienne suisse de sauvetage, Italian: Guardia aerea svizzera di soccorso, Rega)...
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Aérospatiale Alouette III (section Switzerland)
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