List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

Northrop F-5E Tiger II (J-3038) of the Swiss Air Force arrives at the 2016 Royal International Air Tattoo, England

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

Aircraft

Current inventory

Aircraft Origin Role No. Service
date		 Notes
Beechcraft 1900 US VIP transport 1[1] 2007
Beechcraft B300C King Air US photomapping/transport 1[1] 1993 Operated on behalf of the Office of Topography[2]
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel US VIP transport 1[3] 2005 will be replaced by Pilatus PC-24 in 2017[4][5]
Dassault Falcon 900EX France VIP transport 1[6] 2013
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada photomapping/transport 1[1] 1976 Operated on behalf of the Office of Topography[7]
Aérospatiale AS332 Super Puma[8] France utility/SAR helicopter 15 1987 Three AS332 Super Pumas entered service from 1987; twelve AS332M1s entered service from 1991; three original aircraft subsequently upgraded to -M1.[9]
Eurocopter AS532 UL Cougar[10] France utility/SAR helicopter 10 2001 Twelve originally delivered from 2001; two since lost in crashes (2011, 2016).[11][12]
Eurocopter EC635 P2+ France utility/VIP helicopter 20[1] 2008 18 EC635 and 2 EC635VIP[13]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet US multirole 25 1996 Twenty-six delivered; McDonnell Douglas built two in the US; the remaining twenty-four assembled in Switzerland between 1996 and 1999; one since lost in a crash (2016)[14][15][16][17]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet US conversion trainer 5 1996 Eight delivered, three since lost in crashes (1998, 2013, 2015)[18][19]
Northrop F-5E Tiger II US fighter 41[1] 1978 Patrouille Suisse uses 11[20][21]
Northrop F-5F Tiger II US conversion trainer 12[1] 1976 air policing and electronic warfare[22]
Pilatus PC-6 Porter Switzerland transport/utility 15[1] 1962 One PC-6/A Turbo-Porter with Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engine delivered in 1962 used as trials aircraft by Kriegstechnische Abteilung (KTA) (War Technical Department, forerunner to armasuisse). Twelve delivered to air force from 1967, another six delivered from 1976, all as piston-engined PC-6/H2 Porter; converted to PC-6/B2 Turbo-Porter with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprop engines 1980-81; three since written-off in crashes (1993, 1997, 2003).[23]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer 28[1] 1982 Forty originally delivered from 1982; some withdrawn from use and sold or placed in museums; three written-off in crashes (1990, 1994, 2003).[24] The PC-7 Team (an aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force) uses nine.[25]
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland trainer 8[1] 1988 Target-towing and electronic warfare[26]
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland primary trainer 8[1] 2007
RUAG Ranger Switzerland surveillance UAV 34[27] 1988 28 ADS-95 & 6 ADS-90 delivered[27]
KZD-85 Switzerland target UAV 30[28] 1985

Retired

Aircraft Origin Role No. Service
Period		 Notes/References
Aérospatiale SE 3130 Alouette IIFrancehelicopter utility/SAR 301958–1992Ten purchased in 1958; another twenty purchased in 1964; one was civil-registered in 1961-62 and operated during two peace conferences that led to the Évian Accords ending the Algerian War.[29]
Aérospatiale Alouette IIIFrancehelicopter utility/liaison 841964–2010[30][31]
Airco DH.9UKbomber 31922–1929[32][33]
Airco DH.9AUKbomber 11920–1929[32][33]
Albatros D.III OeffagAustriafighter 11920–1921[33]
Aviatik C.IGermanyreconnaissance11914–1917[34][35]
Aviatik C.IIIGermanyreconnaissance11917–1919[34][35]
Aviatik P.14Germany 11914–1917[35][36]
Aviatik TaubeGermanyreconnaissance11915–1915[35][36]
BAE Hawk 66UKtrainer 191989–2008[37][38]
Beechcraft Model 18UStransport/aerial survey 31948–1969Two United States Air Force surplus C-45F Expediters purchased in 1948 in West Germany and modified for aerial photography; one destroyed in a crash in 1952; one civilian Model C18S then purchased in Scotland the same year and also modified for aerial photography; C-45F and C18S then operated with civilian registrations.[39]
Beechcraft E50 Twin BonanzaUStraining/communications 31957–1989Also given civilian registrations[31][40]
BFW M 18Germanytransport 41929–1954[41]
Blériot XI-BFrancetrainer 21914–1919[35][42]
Bücker Bü 131Germanytrainer 941936–1971Initial batch of 6 purchased in Germany in 1936; 78 manufactured by Swiss company Doflug under licence in Altenrhein from 1938; another 10 civilian aircraft requisitioned from Swiss aero clubs in 1942 and impressed into the Swiss Air Force.[32][43]
Bücker Bü 133Germanytrainer 521937–1968[41]
Bücker Bü 181Germanytrainer 71945–1956[41]
Comte AC-1Switzerlandfighter 11928–1939[32][41]
Comte AC-4Switzerlandliaison 11931–1938[35]
Comte AC-11-VSwitzerlandliaison 11943–1945[35]
Dassault Falcon 50FranceVIP 11996–2013[38]
Dassault Mirage IIISFrancefighter 361966–1999[30][38]
Dassault Mirage IIIBS/DSFranceconversion trainer 41964–2003[30][31]
Dassault Mirage IIIRSFrancereconnaissance 181965–1999[30][31]
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV & VUKbomber 21944–1954[41]
de Havilland Vampire F.1, FB.6, NF.10UKfighter-bomber 1821946–1990[31]
de Havilland Vampire T.55UKtrainer 391953–1990[30][31]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54UKfighter-bomber 2261954–1984[31]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54UKreconnaissance 321956–1987[31]
Dewoitine D.1Francefighter 21925–1939[33]
Dewoitine D.9Francefighter 31928–1940[33]
Dewoitine D.19Francefighter 31926–1940[33]
Dewoitine D.26Francetrainer 111931–1948[33][44]
Dewoitine D.27Francefighter 661928–1944[33][45]
DFW (Halberstadt) C.VGermanyreconnaissance 21918–1922[35]
Dornier Do 27 H-2Germanycommunications 71958–2008[30][31]
Dufaux 4Francetrainer 11910–1910[35]
Dufaux 5Francetrainer 11910–1911[35]
EFW N-20 AiguillonSwitzerlandfighter11948–1952[31]
EKW C-35Switzerlandreconnaissance 1601937–1954[41]
EKW C-36Switzerlandreconnaissance 1601942–1987[41]
Eurocopter AS365 DauphinFrancehelicopter VIP 11984–2009[31]
Fairey Fox VI.RUKreconnaissance 21937–1945[41]
Farman MF.11 ShorthornFrancetrainer 11915–1916[35][36]
Farman HF.20Francetrainer 21914–1918[42]
FFA P-16Switzerlandfighter/bomber 31955–1958[41]
Fieseler Fi 156Germanyobservation 51940–1963[41]
Focke-Wulf Fw 44Germanytrainer 11945–1953[41]
Fokker C.V-ENetherlandsreconnaissance/bomber 641927–1954[33][46]
Fokker C.IXNetherlandsreconnaissance 11932–1947[33][46]
Grandjean LSwitzerlandtrainer21914–1915[35][42]
Häfeli DH-1Switzerlandreconnaissance 61916–1919[35][45]
Häfeli DH-2Switzerlandtrainer61916–1922[35][47]
Häfeli DH-3Switzerlandreconnaissance1091917–1939[35][47]
Häfeli DH-4Switzerlandfighter11918–1918[35][48]
Häfeli DH-5Switzerlandreconnaissance801922–1940[33][47]
Halberstadt C.VGermanyreconnaissance11920–1921[35]
Hanriot HD.1Francefighter 161921–1930[33]
Hawker HindUKbomber/trainer11936–1945Purchased for evaluation; not formally decommissioned and disposed of until mid-1945.[32][41]
Hawker Hunter FB.58UKfighter-bomber 1251958–1994[30][31]
Hawker Hunter T.68UKconversion trainer 71974–1994[30][38]
Hiller UH-12UShelicopter observation 31952–1962[31]
Junkers Ju 52Germanytransport 31939–1981[41]
Learjet 35USVIP transport 21987–2006[30][38]
LVG C.IIIGermanyreconnaissance 21914–1916[35]
LVG C.IVGermanyreconnaissance 211920–1929[33]
Messerschmitt Bf 108Germanycommunications 181938–1959[41]
Messerschmitt Bf 109Germanyfighter 1291939–1949[41]
Militär-Apparat MA-7Switzerlandfighter 11926–1926[49]
Morane-Saulnier HFrancetrainer 21914–1919[35][42]
Morane-Saulnier LFrancetrainer 21915–1919[36]
Morane-Saulnier MS.229Francetrainer 21931–1939[33]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406/D-3800Francefighter 3051939–1959Includes Morane D-3800 and developments built in Switzerland.[41]
Nardi FN.315Italytrainer 21944–1948[41]
Nieuport 23Francetrainer 51917–1921[35]
Nieuport 28Francefighter 151918–1930[35]
Nord NorécrinFranceliaison 11948–1954[31]
Nord NC.856A NorvigieFranceliaison 11949–1950Evaluated for possible orders and service, then returned to France[50]
North American P-51 MustangUSfighter 1311949–1957[31]
North American (Noorduyn) Harvard II.BCanadatrainer 401948–1968[31]
Pilatus P-2Switzerlandtrainer 551945–1981[41]
Pilatus P-3Switzerlandtrainer 601956–1995[30][31]
Piper PA-18 Super CubUSobservation 61948–1975[31]
Potez 25Franceobservation 171927–1940[33]
Potez 63 & 633Francebomber 21938–1944[41]
Rumpler C.IVGermanyreconnaissance11920–1921[33]
Rumpler C.VIIGermanyreconnaissance11920–1920[33]
Sablatnig P.IIIGermanytransport 11922–1929[33]
Siebel Si 204D-1Germanytransport 11945–1955Nazi German Luftwaffe aircraft that landed in Switzerland in April 1945 and was impressed into the Swiss Air Force.[31][51]
Siemens-Schuckert D.IIGermanyfighter 11918–1922[35]
Stinson L-5 SentinelUSliaison 11944–1945United States Army Air Forces aircraft that made an emergency landing near the French border in October 1944 and was impressed into the Swiss Air Force.[41][52]
Sud-Ouest DjinnFrancehelicopter trainer 41958–1964[31]
SWS C-1Switzerlandfighter 11919–1920[33]
Voisin III LA B2Francebomber/trainer 11915–1919French Aéronautique Militaire aircraft that made a forced landing in Switzerland after running low on fuel in combat with a German aircraft. Was impressed into the Swiss Air Force then handed back to France after the end of World War I.[53]
Wild WT and WTSSwitzerlandtrainer 111915-1934[54]
Wild WT-1 and WT-1SSwitzerlandtrainer 331916-1934[34]
Zeppelin C.IIGermanyreconnaissance 221920–1927[32][33]

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "World Air Forces 2015 pg. 29". Flightglobal. Reed Business Publishing. 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    2. ↑ "Beech Model 350C Super King Air". lw.admin.ch. Swiss Air Force. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    3. ↑ "Cessna 560 XL Citation Excel". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    4. ↑ Raths, Olivia (1 August 2014). "Der PC-24 von Pilatus wird der neue Bundesratsjet" [The PC-24 from Pilatus will be the new parliamentary jet]. Der Bund (in German). Espace Media AG. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
    5. ↑ "20 Minuten - Ueli Maurer darf Pilatus-Jet kaufen - News". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
    6. ↑ "Dassault Falcon 900EX". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    7. ↑ "Federal Office of Topography". Swisstopo. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    8. ↑ "AS332M1 Super Puma". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    9. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.70
    10. ↑ "AS532 Cougar". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
    11. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.72
    12. ↑ "Armee-Helikopter stürzt am Gotthard ab" [Army Helicopter crashed on [Mount] Gotthard]. www.20min.ch (in German). Tamedia AG. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
    13. ↑ "Eurocopter EC635". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
    14. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 66
    15. ↑ "Boeing F/A-18 Hornet". lw.admin.ch. Swiss Air Force. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
    16. ↑ "F/A-18 der Schweizer Luftwaffe vermisst" [F/A-18 of the Swiss Air Force Missing]. www.20min.ch (in German). Tamedia AG. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
    17. ↑ "Military jet was flying too low, investigators say". Swissinfo. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
    18. ↑ "Schweizer F/A-18 in Frankreich abgestürzt: Pilot rettet sich mit Schleudersitz" [Swiss F/A-18 destroyed in France: Pilot saved himself with ejection seat]. Blick (in German). Blick.ch. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
    19. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, pp.67-68
    20. ↑ "Jets collide from Swiss Patrouille display team". Swissinfo. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    21. ↑ "Northrop F-5E Tiger II". lw.admin.ch. Swiss Air Force. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    22. ↑ "Northrop F-5F Tiger II". lw.admin.ch. Schweizer Luftwaffe. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    23. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, pp.90-91
    24. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, pp. 29-31
    25. ↑ "Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team 2016" (PDF). Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    26. ↑ "Pilatus PC-9". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    27. 1 2 "ADS 95 Ranger". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    28. ↑ "KZD 85". Schweizer Luftwaffe. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
    29. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.85
    30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "World Air Forces". Flightglobal Insight. 1987. p. 92. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
    31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Maurer et. al 2013, p.317
    32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.15
    33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Maurer et. al 2013, p.315
    34. 1 2 3 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.6
    35. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Maurer et. al 2013, p.314
    36. 1 2 3 4 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.4
    37. ↑ "World Air forces 1995 pg. 57". Flightglobal Insight. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
    38. 1 2 3 4 5 Maurer et. al 2013, p.318
    39. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 33
    40. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 27
    41. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Maurer et. al 2013, p. 316
    42. 1 2 3 4 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 3
    43. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 17
    44. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.9
    45. 1 2 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.8
    46. 1 2 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.10
    47. 1 2 3 Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.11
    48. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.14
    49. ↑ "Militär-Apparat MA-7" (in German). old.hermannkeist.ch. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
    50. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.68
    51. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p. 32
    52. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, pp.18-19
    53. ↑ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.5
    54. ↑ "Wild WT/WTS", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)

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