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List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

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Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft.

Current aircraft[]

In service [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Image Aircraft Origin Type Version(s) Number in service [7] Notes
Beechcraft Super King Air  US Photomapping 350C 1 AB Dübendorf
Cessna Citation Excel  US VIP transport Ce-560XL 1 Bern-Belp Airport
Pilatus PC-24   SUI VIP transport PC-24 1 Bern-Belp Airport
Dassault Falcon 900EX  France VIP transport 900EX 1 per November 2018
De Havilland Canada Twin Otter  Canada Photomapping DHC-6 1 AB Dübendorf
CL604  Canada VIP /Ambulanz CL60 2 from REGA
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 25 Fighter sqns 17, 18 (Airbase (AB) Payerne) and 11 (AB Meiringen)
F/A-18D 5
Northrop F-5 Tiger II  US
  Switzerland (licensed)		 Fighter-Interceptor F-5E 41 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 27[12] AB Locarno
Pilatus PC-9   Switzerland Trainer PC-9/F 6 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
Elbit Hermes 900  Israel UAV ADS-15 1(6) first one on the 09.12.2019
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[]

Image Aircraft Origin Type Version(s) Number Entered
service 		WFU Notes
Aérospatiale Alouette II[13]  France observation, rescue & liaison II 30 1958 1992 10 bought in 1958, and 20 in 1964.
Aérospatiale Alouette III[14]  France transport & trainer III 84 1964 2010 14 lost in accidents. Replaced by EC635.
Beechcraft 1900  US VIP transport 1900D 1 2007 2020 sold tofrance
Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal United States UAV Aerospace Model 1001A 10 1962 1965 Targed drohn (Z-11 bis Z-20
RUAG ADS-95 Ranger   Switzerland UAV ADS-95 24 2001 2019 Drone Sqn 7, AB Emmen
BAE Hawk  UK trainer T.66 19 1987 2002 One lost in 1990. 18 sold to the Finland in 2008.
Beechcraft Expeditor[15]  US transport C18S,
C-45F		 3 1948 1969
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[16]  US transport E50 3 1957 1989
BFW M.18[17]  Germany transport 18C & 18D 4 1929 1954 1 18C, 3 18D.
Bücker Jungmann  Nazi Germany trainer Bü 131 94 1936 1971 Two seat biplane. 10 impressed from aero clubs.
Bücker Jungmeister  Nazi Germany trainer Bü 133 52 1937 1968 Acrobatics/air combat training single seat biplane.
Comte AC-1[18]   Switzerland fighter AC-1 1 1928 1939
Comte AC-4[19]   Switzerland liaison AC-4 1 1931 1938
Comte AC-11-V[20]   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[21]  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[22][23]   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[24]  France VIP transport SA.365N 1 2005 2009 Used by the state government
Fairey Fox[25]  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  Nazi Germany transport, observation
& ambulance		 C-3 Trop 5 1940 1963 Number includes 1 impressed.
Focke-Wulf Fw 44  Nazi 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[26]  US battlefield observation B 3 1952 1962
Junkers Ju 52/3m  Nazi Germany transport Versions 3 1939 1981 Since 1983 museum aircraft at Dübendorf.
Learjet 35  US VIP transport A 2 1987 2006
Messerschmitt Bf 108  Nazi Germany liaison B 18 1938 1959
Messerschmitt Bf 109  Nazi 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[27]  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  Kingdom of 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[28]  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[29]  Canada trainer Mk.IIB 40 1948 1968 Surplus ex-RCAF (Canadian built).
Pilatus P-2[30]   Switzerland trainer P-2 05 & 06 55 1945 1981
Pilatus P-3[31]   Switzerland trainers P-3 73 1956 1995 Number includes prototype.
Piper Super Cub[32]  US observation PA-18-150 6 1948 1975
Potez 25[33]  France reconnaissance L-25 A.2 17 1927 1940
Potez 63[34]  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  Nazi Germany transport D-1 1 1945 1955 Interned.
Stinson Sentinel  US liaison L-5 1 1944 1945
Sud-Ouest Djinn[35]  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[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ "Aircraft". Lw.admin.ch. 2013-01-30. http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/dokumentation/assets/aircraft.html. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "The basic organisation of the Swiss Armed Forces". Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. http://www.vtg.admin.ch/internet/vtg/en/home/schweizerarmee/organisation.parsys.68630.downloadList.58401.DownloadFile.tmp/02armeegrundgliederung20090401en.pdf. Retrieved 12 July 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Mittel: Flugzeuge, Helikopter, Flab" (in German). Swiss Air Force. http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/dokumentation/assets.html. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 
  5. ↑ Source: Swiss Armed Forces - Air Force assets (p. 12)
  6. ↑ Schweizer Luftwaffe - Mittel: Flugzeuge, Helikopter, Flab
  7. ↑ "World Air Forces 2013". Flightglobal.com, 11 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Centauer". http://www.diamond-air.at/news_detail+M57d0028ffa0.html. 
  9. ↑ – 17. August 2013, 15:27 –. "Absturz eines Helikopters der Schweizer Luftwaffe: Unglück im Urner Maderanertal – beide Piloten schwer verletzt - Panorama Nachrichten". NZZ.ch. http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/panorama/helikopter_schweizer_luftwaffe_maderanertal_absturz_1.10087834.html. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
  10. ↑ "Eurocopter EC635". Swiss Air Force. 15 December 2010. http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/dokumentation/assets/helicopter/ec_635.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
  11. ↑ Air Forces Monthly, p. 67.
  12. ↑ [1]
  13. ↑ "Alouette II SE 3130" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/helikopter/alouette-ii-se-3130.html. 
  14. ↑ "Alouette III SE-3160" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/helikopter/alouette-iii-se-3160.html. 
  15. ↑ "Beechcraft C-45 F und C-18 S" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-1/beechcraft-c-45-f-und-c-18-s.html. 
  16. ↑ "Beechcraft E-50 Twin Bonanza" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-1/beechcraft-e-50.html. 
  17. ↑ "BFW M 18" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-1/bfw-m-18.html. 
  18. ↑ "Alfred Comte AC-1" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/alferd-comte-ac-1.html. 
  19. ↑ "Alfred Comte AC-4 Gentleman" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/alfred-comte-ac-4-gentleman.html. 
  20. ↑ "Alfred Comte AC-11 V" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/alfred-comte-ac-11-v.html. 
  21. ↑ "De Havilland DH-98 Mk lV Mosquito" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-1/de-havilland-dh-98.html. 
  22. ↑ "C-35" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-1/c-35.html. 
  23. ↑ "C-35-1" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/c-35-1.html. 
  24. ↑ "Dauphin 2 SA365N" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/helikopter/dauphin-2-sa365n.html. 
  25. ↑ "Fairey Fox Mk Vl" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/poepeller-f-m/fairey-fox-mk-vl.html. 
  26. ↑ "Hiller UH-12B" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/helikopter/hiller-uh-12b.html. 
  27. ↑ "Morane Saulnier" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/poepeller-f-m/morane-saulnier.html. 
  28. ↑ "North American P-51 Mustang" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/north-american-p-51-mustang.html. 
  29. ↑ "North American AT-16 Harvard IIB" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/north-american-at-16-harvard-iib.html. 
  30. ↑ "Pilatus P2" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/pilatus-p2.html. 
  31. ↑ "Pilatus P3" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/pilatus-p3.html. 
  32. ↑ "Piper Super Cub PA-18" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/piper-super-cub-pa-18.html. 
  33. ↑ "Potez L-25" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/potez-l-25.html. 
  34. ↑ "Potez 63" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/propeller-n-r/potez-63.html. 
  35. ↑ "SO. 1221S Djinn" (in German). Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge. http://old.hermannkeist.ch/helikopter/so-1221s-djinn.html. 
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