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Appearance
The REAL List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force
Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft.
Current aircraft
[edit]Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number in service [7] | Notes |
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Beechcraft Super King Air | US | Photomapping | 350C | 1 | AB Dübendorf | |
Beechcraft 1900 | US | VIP transport | 1900D | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport | |
Cessna Citation Excel | US | VIP transport | Ce-560XL | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport | |
Dassault Falcon 900EX | France | VIP transport | 900EX | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport | |
De Havilland Canada Twin Otter | Canada | Photomapping | DHC-6 | 1 | AB Dübendorf | |
Diamond DA42 Aurora Centauer | US Austria |
Experimental | DA42MPP (Mod) | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen[8] (Can be flown unmanned) | |
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma | France | Medium airlift | AS332M1 | 15 | AB Payerne, AB Dübendorf | |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | Medium airlift | AS532UL | 11 | AB Alpnach [9] | |
Eurocopter EC635 | France Germany |
Utility | EC635 P2+ | 18 | AB Alpnach [10] | |
VIP transport | EC635 P2+ VIP | 2 | ||||
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | US Switzerland (licensed) |
Multirole fighter | F/A-18C | 26 | Fighter sqns 17, 18 (Airbase (AB) Payerne) and 11 (AB Meiringen) | |
F/A-18D | 6 | |||||
Northrop F-5 Tiger II | US Switzerland (licensed) |
Fighter-Interceptor | F-5E | 42 | Fighter sqdn 6, squadrons 8 (AB Emmen) & 19 (AB Sion). Use: interception, aerobatics, target-towing.[11] | |
F-5F | 12 | Use: air policing and electronic warfare. | ||||
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter | Switzerland | Light transport | PC-6/B2-H2M-1 | 16 | Airlift sqn 7 and HB-FCF from Armasuisse (AB Emmen) | |
Pilatus PC-7 Turbo trainer | Switzerland | Trainer | NCPC-7 | 28 | AB Locarno | |
Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | Trainer | PC-9/F | 11 | Flight Training Unit 12 (AB Payerne) Use: target-towing and electronic warfare. | |
Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | Test and transport | PC-12 | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen | |
Pilatus PC-21 | Switzerland | Advanced trainer | PC-21 | 8 | AB Emmen | |
RUAG ADS-95 Ranger | Switzerland | UAV | ADS-95 | 24 | Drone Sqn 7, AB Emmen | |
RUAG KZD-85 | Switzerland | UAV | KZD-85 | 30 | 60 line of sight remote control drones originally bought in 1985 for air defense training. |
Previous aircraft
[edit]Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
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Aérospatiale Alouette II[12] | France | observation, rescue & liaison | II | 30 | 1958 | 1992 | 10 bought in 1958, and 20 in 1964. | |
Aérospatiale Alouette III[13] | France | transport & trainer | III | 84 | 1964 | 2010 | 14 lost in accidents. Replaced by EC635. | |
BAE Hawk | UK | trainer | T.66 | 19 | 1987 | 2002 | One lost in 1990. 18 sold to the Finland in 2008. | |
Beechcraft Expeditor[14] | US | transport | C18S, C-45F |
3 | 1948 | 1969 | ||
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[15] | US | transport | E50 | 3 | 1957 | 1989 | ||
BFW M.18[16] | Germany | transport | 18C & 18D | 4 | 1929 | 1954 | 1 18C, 3 18D. | |
Bücker Jungmann | Germany | trainer | Bü 131 | 94 | 1936 | 1971 | Two seat biplane. 10 impressed from aero clubs. | |
Bücker Jungmeister | Germany | trainer | Bü 133 | 52 | 1937 | 1968 | Acrobatics/air combat training single seat biplane. | |
Comte AC-1[17] | Switzerland | fighter | AC-1 | 1 | 1928 | 1939 | ||
Comte AC-4[18] | Switzerland | liaison | AC-4 | 1 | 1931 | 1938 | ||
Comte AC-11-V[19] | Switzerland | liaison | AC-11-V | 1 | 1943 | 1945 | ||
Dassault Falcon | France | VIP transport | 50 | 1 | 1996 | 2013 | Replaced by Dassault Falcon 900EX. | |
Dassault Mirage III | France | experimental | IIIC | 1 | 1962 | 1999 | ||
reconnaissance | IIIRS | 18 | 1964 | 2003 | ||||
fighter | IIIS | 36 | 1964 | 1999 | Swiss IIIC, Upgraded by SF Emmen in 1988. Financial scandal reduced orders from 100. | |||
advanced trainer | IIIBS | 4 | 1964 | 2003 | 2 lost in accidents. | |||
advanced trainer | IIIDS | 2 | 1983 | 2003 | Replaced crashed Mirage IIIBS. | |||
de Havilland Mosquito[20] | UK | bomber | PR.4 & FB.6 | 2 | 1944 | 1954 | 1 used by Swissair for pilot training. 2nd was engine testbed for EFW N-20. | |
de Havilland Vampire | UK | fighter | F.1 | 4 | 1946 | 1990 | First Swiss Air Force jet aircraft. For testing. | |
fighter-bomber | F.6 | 178 | 1949 | 1990 | Includes 3 from spare parts. | |||
night fighter | NF.10 | 1 | 1958 | 1961 | Testing only. | |||
trainer | T.55 | 39 | 1953 | 1990 | Two seat trainer, 30 built in Switzerland. | |||
de Havilland Venom | UK | fighter-bomber | FB.50 | 126 | 1954 | 1984 | Improved Vampire with new wings. Swiss FB.50 = RAF FB.1, FB.54 = FB.5. | |
reconnaissance | FB.50R | 24 | 1956 | 1975 | ||||
fighter-bomber | FB.54 | 100 | 1956 | 1983 | ||||
reconnaissance | FB.54R | 8 | 1980 | 1987 | ||||
Dewoitine D.26 | France | trainer | D.26 | 11 | 1931 | 1948 | ||
Dewoitine D.27 | France | fighter | D.27 | 66 | 1928 | 1944 | ||
Dornier Do 27 | Germany | aerial spraying | Do 27H2 | 7 | 1958 | 2005 | ||
EFW N-20 | Switzerland | fighter | N-20 | 1 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter, not produced. | |
EKW C-35[21][22] | Switzerland | reconnaissance | C-35 & 35-1 | 90 | 1937 | 1954 | 8 built from spares. | |
EKW C-36 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | C-3603 | 160 | 1942 | 1987 | 20 converted to target tugs, 40 re-engined with turboprop. | |
Eurocopter Dauphin 2[23] | France | VIP transport | SA.365N | 1 | 2005 | 2009 | Used by the state government | |
Fairey Fox[24] | UK | reconnaissance | VI.R | 2 | 1937 | 1945 | ||
FFA P-16 | Switzerland | ground attack | P-16 | 5 | 1955 | 1960 | Prototypes. Order for 100 cancelled after 2nd crash. 2 returned to FFA. | |
Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | transport, observation & ambulance |
C-3 Trop | 5 | 1940 | 1963 | Number includes 1 impressed. | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | Germany | trainer | Fw 44F | 1 | 1945 | 1953 | ||
Fokker C.V | Netherlands | reconnaissance | D & E | 64 | 1927 | 1954 | ||
Häfeli DH-1 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-1 | 6 | 1916 | 1919 | ||
Häfeli DH-3 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-3 | 109 | 1917 | 1939 | ||
Häfeli DH-5 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-5 | 80 | 1922 | 1940 | ||
Hanriot HD-1 | France | fighter | HD-1 | 16 | 1921 | 1930 | ||
Hawker Hunter | UK | fighter-bomber | F.58 | 100 | 1958 | 1994 | Swiss F.58=RAF F.6, FB.58A=FGA.9, T.68=T.66. Final assembly at Emmen. 3 batches, some converted ex-RAF F.6s. | |
fighter-bomber | F.58A | 52 | 1971 | 1994 | ||||
trainer | T.68 | 8 | 1974 | 1994 | ||||
Hiller UH-12[25] | US | battlefield observation | B | 3 | 1952 | 1962 | ||
Junkers Ju 52/3m | Germany | transport | Versions | 3 | 1939 | 1981 | Since 1983 museum aircraft at Dübendorf. | |
Learjet 35 | US | VIP transport | A | 2 | 1987 | 2006 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Germany | liaison | B | 18 | 1938 | 1959 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Germany | fighter | D-1 | 10 | 1939 | 1949 | ||
fighter | E-1 & E-3 | 89 | 1939 | 1948 | ||||
fighter | F-4/Z | 2 | 1942 | 1947 | ||||
fighter | G-6 & G-14 | 16 | 1944 | 1947 | ||||
Morane-Saulnier G | France | trainer | G or H | 1 | 1914 | 1919 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 | France | trainer | Et2 | 2 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.406[26] | France | fighter | MS.406 | 2 | 1939 | 1954 | Trainer after replaced as fighter in 1948. 17 3801s built from spares after production ended. | |
fighter | 3800 | 82 | 1940 | 1954 | ||||
fighter | 3801 | 224 | 1941 | 1959 | ||||
fighter | 3802 | 13 | 1946 | 1956 | ||||
fighter | 3803 | 1 | 1947 | 1956 | ||||
Nardi FN.315 | Italy | trainer | FN.315 | 2 | 1944 | 1948 | ||
Nieuport 23 | France | trainer | 23 C.1 | 5 | 1917 | 1921 | ||
Nieuport 28 | France | fighter | 28 C.1 | 15 | 1918 | 1930 | ||
Nord Norécrin | France | liaison | 1201 | 1 | 1948 | 1952 | ||
Nord Norvigie | France | liaison | NC.850 | 1 | 1949 | 1950 | Tested and returned to Nord | |
North American P-51 Mustang[27] | US | reconnaissance | P-51B-10 | 1 | 1944 | 1945 | Some bought surplus for $4000 US ea. | |
fighter | P-51D | 113 | 1948 | 1957 | ||||
fighter | TP-51D | 2 | 1948 | 1957 | ||||
fighter | F-6 | 15 | 1948 | 1957 | ||||
North American Harvard[28] | Canada | trainer | Mk.IIB | 40 | 1948 | 1968 | Surplus ex-RCAF (Canadian built). | |
Pilatus P-2[29] | Switzerland | trainer | P-2 05 & 06 | 55 | 1945 | 1981 | ||
Pilatus P-3[30] | Switzerland | trainers | P-3 | 73 | 1956 | 1995 | Number includes prototype. | |
Piper Super Cub[31] | US | observation | PA-18-150 | 6 | 1948 | 1975 | ||
Potez 25[32] | France | reconnaissance | L-25 A.2 | 17 | 1927 | 1940 | ||
Potez 63[33] | France | bomber | 630 & 633 | 2 | 1938 | 1944 | ||
Rockwell Grand Commander | US | mapping | 680FL | 1 | 1976 | 1993 | Civil registered for Federal Office of Topography. | |
Siebel Si 204 | Germany | transport | D-1 | 1 | 1945 | 1955 | Interned. | |
Stinson Sentinel | US | liaison | L-5 | 1 | 1944 | 1945 | ||
Sud-Ouest Djinn[34] | France | trainer | S.O.1221 | 4 | 1958 | 1964 | Returned to manufacturer following rotor problems. | |
Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-1 | Switzerland | glider | WLM-1 | 2 | 1951 | unk |
See also
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air force of Switzerland.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Aircraft". Lw.admin.ch. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/dokumentation/assets/aircraft.parsys.79030.downloadList.69291.DownloadFile.tmp/milkennungen.pdf Swiss Armed Forces - Air Force assets (p. 12)
- ^ "The basic organisation of the Swiss Armed Forces" (PDF). Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ "Mittel: Flugzeuge, Helikopter, Flab" (in German). Swiss Air Force. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ^ Source: Swiss Armed Forces - Air Force assets (p. 12)
- ^ Schweizer Luftwaffe - Mittel: Flugzeuge, Helikopter, Flab
- ^ "World Air Forces 2013". Flightglobal.com, 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Centauer".
- ^ – 17. August 2013, 15:27 –. "Absturz eines Helikopters der Schweizer Luftwaffe: Unglück im Urner Maderanertal – beide Piloten schwer verletzt - Panorama Nachrichten". NZZ.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Eurocopter EC635". Swiss Air Force. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ Air Forces Monthly, p. 67.
- ^ "Alouette II SE 3130", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Alouette III SE-3160", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Beechcraft C-45 F und C-18 S", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Beechcraft E-50 Twin Bonanza", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "BFW M 18", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Alfred Comte AC-1", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Alfred Comte AC-4 Gentleman", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Alfred Comte AC-11 V", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "De Havilland DH-98 Mk lV Mosquito", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "C-35", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "C-35-1", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Dauphin 2 SA365N", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Fairey Fox Mk Vl", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Hiller UH-12B", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Morane Saulnier", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "North American P-51 Mustang", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "North American AT-16 Harvard IIB", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Pilatus P2", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Pilatus P3", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Piper Super Cub PA-18", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Potez L-25", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "Potez 63", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- ^ "SO. 1221S Djinn", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
- Flieger-Flab-Museum Dübendorf
- Alber Wüst: Die Schweizerische Fliegerabwehr. 2011, ISBN 978-3-905616-20-0
- World Air Forces - Switzerland