List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

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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[edit]

Current inventory[edit]

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[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 Only about 22 aircraft are operational with remainder in storage.[20] Patrouille Suisse uses 11[21][22]
Northrop F-5F Tiger II US conversion trainer 12[1] 1976 air policing and electronic warfare[23]
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).[24]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer 27[1][25] 1982 Forty originally delivered from 1982; some withdrawn from use and sold or placed in museums; four written-off in crashes (1990, 1994, 2003, 2017).[25][26] The PC-7 Team (an aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force) uses nine.[27]
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland trainer 6[28] 1988 Target-towing and electronic warfare.[29] Two aircraft leased from manufacturer 1987-88 for evaluation;[30] another twelve delivered from 1988; one destroyed as a result of a mid-air collision with another PC-9 in 1998;[31] three retired in 2012[28] and two more retired in 2017.[31]
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland primary trainer 8[1] 2007
RUAG Ranger Switzerland surveillance UAV 34[32] 1988 28 ADS-95 & 6 ADS-90 delivered[32]
KZD-85 Switzerland target UAV 30[33] 1985

Retired[edit]

Aircraft Origin Role No. Service
Period 		Notes/References
Aérospatiale SE 3130 Alouette II France helicopter utility/SAR 30 1958–1992 Ten 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.[34]
Aérospatiale Alouette III France helicopter utility/liaison 84 1964–2010 [35][36]
Airco DH.9 UK bomber 3 1922–1929 [37][38]
Airco DH.9A UK bomber 1 1920–1929 [37][38]
Albatros D.III Oeffag Austria fighter 1 1920–1921 [38]
Aviatik C.I Germany reconnaissance 1 1914–1917 [39][40]
Aviatik C.III Germany reconnaissance 1 1917–1919 [39][40]
Aviatik P.14 Germany 1 1914–1917 [40][41]
Aviatik Taube Germany reconnaissance 1 1915–1915 [40][41]
BAE Hawk 66 UK trainer 19 1989–2008 [42][43]
Beechcraft Model 18 US transport/aerial survey 3 1948–1969 Two 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.[44]
Beechcraft E50 Twin Bonanza US training/communications 3 1957–1989 Also given civilian registrations[36][45]
BFW M 18 Germany transport 4 1929–1954 [46]
Blériot XI-B France trainer 2 1914–1919 [40][47]
Bücker Bü 131 Germany trainer 94 1936–1971 Initial 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.[37][48]
Bücker Bü 133 Germany trainer 52 1937–1968 [46]
Bücker Bü 181 Germany trainer 7 1945–1956 [46]
Comte AC-1 Switzerland fighter 1 1928–1939 [37][46]
Comte AC-4 Switzerland liaison 1 1931–1938 [40]
Comte AC-11-V Switzerland liaison 1 1943–1945 [40]
Dassault Falcon 50 France VIP 1 1996–2013 [43]
Dassault Mirage IIIS France fighter 36 1966–1999 [35][43]
Dassault Mirage IIIBS/DS France conversion trainer 4 1964–2003 [35][36]
Dassault Mirage IIIRS France reconnaissance 18 1965–1999 [35][36]
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV & V UK bomber 2 1944–1954 [46]
de Havilland Vampire F.1, FB.6, NF.10 UK fighter-bomber 182 1946–1990 [36]
de Havilland Vampire T.55 UK trainer 39 1953–1990 [35][36]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54 UK fighter-bomber 226 1954–1984 [36]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54 UK reconnaissance 32 1956–1987 [36]
Dewoitine D.1 France fighter 2 1925–1939 [38]
Dewoitine D.9 France fighter 3 1928–1940 [38]
Dewoitine D.19 France fighter 3 1926–1940 [38]
Dewoitine D.26 France trainer 11 1931–1948 [38][49]
Dewoitine D.27 France fighter 66 1928–1944 [38][50]
DFW (Halberstadt) C.V Germany reconnaissance 2 1918–1922 [40]
Dornier Do 27 H-2 Germany communications 7 1958–2008 [35][36]
Dufaux 4 France trainer 1 1910–1910 [40]
Dufaux 5 France trainer 1 1910–1911 [40]
EFW N-20 Aiguillon Switzerland fighter 1 1948–1952 [36]
EKW C-35 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 1937–1954 [46]
EKW C-36 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 1942–1987 [46]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin France helicopter VIP 1 1984–2009 [36]
Fairey Fox VI.R UK reconnaissance 2 1937–1945 [46]
Farman MF.11 Shorthorn France trainer 1 1915–1916 [40][41]
Farman HF.20 France trainer 2 1914–1918 [47]
FFA P-16 Switzerland fighter/bomber 3 1955–1958 [46]
Fieseler Fi 156 Germany observation 5 1940–1963 [46]
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Germany trainer 1 1945–1953 [46]
Fokker C.V-E Netherlands reconnaissance/bomber 64 1927–1954 [38][51]
Fokker C.IX Netherlands reconnaissance 1 1932–1947 [38][51]
Grandjean L Switzerland trainer 2 1914–1915 [40][47]
Häfeli DH-1 Switzerland reconnaissance 6 1916–1919 [40][50]
Häfeli DH-2 Switzerland trainer 6 1916–1922 [40][52]
Häfeli DH-3 Switzerland reconnaissance 109 1917–1939 [40][52]
Häfeli DH-4 Switzerland fighter 1 1918–1918 [40][53]
Häfeli DH-5 Switzerland reconnaissance 80 1922–1940 [38][52]
Halberstadt C.V Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1921 [40]
Hanriot HD.1 France fighter 16 1921–1930 [38]
Hawker Hind UK bomber/trainer 1 1936–1945 Purchased for evaluation; not formally decommissioned and disposed of until mid-1945.[37][46]
Hawker Hunter FB.58 UK fighter-bomber 125 1958–1994 [35][36]
Hawker Hunter T.68 UK conversion trainer 7 1974–1994 [35][43]
Hiller UH-12 US helicopter observation 3 1952–1962 [36]
Junkers Ju 52 Germany transport 3 1939–1981 [46]
Learjet 35 US VIP transport 2 1987–2006 [35][43]
LVG C.III Germany reconnaissance 2 1914–1916 [40]
LVG C.IV Germany reconnaissance 21 1920–1929 [38]
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany communications 18 1938–1959 [46]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Germany fighter 129 1939–1949 [46]
Militär-Apparat MA-7 Switzerland fighter 1 1926–1926 [54][better source needed]
Morane-Saulnier H France trainer 2 1914–1919 [40][47]
Morane-Saulnier L France trainer 2 1915–1919 [41]
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 France trainer 2 1931–1939 [38]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406/D-3800 France fighter 305 1939–1959 Includes Morane D-3800 and developments built in Switzerland.[46]
Nardi FN.315 Italy trainer 2 1944–1948 [46]
Nieuport 23 France trainer 5 1917–1921 [40]
Nieuport 28 France fighter 15 1918–1930 [40]
Nord Norécrin France liaison 1 1948–1954 [36]
Nord NC.856A Norvigie France liaison 1 1949–1950 Evaluated for possible orders and service, then returned to France[55]
North American P-51 Mustang US fighter 131 1949–1957 [36]
North American (Noorduyn) Harvard II.B Canada trainer 40 1948–1968 [36]
Pilatus P-2 Switzerland trainer 55 1945–1981 [46]
Pilatus P-3 Switzerland trainer 60 1956–1995 [35][36]
Piper PA-18 Super Cub US observation 6 1948–1975 [36]
Potez 25 France observation 17 1927–1940 [38]
Potez 63 & 633 France bomber 2 1938–1944 [46]
Rumpler C.IV Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1921 [38]
Rumpler C.VII Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1920 [38]
Sablatnig P.III Germany transport 1 1922–1929 [38]
Siebel Si 204D-1 Germany transport 1 1945–1955 Nazi German Luftwaffe aircraft that landed in Switzerland in April 1945 and was impressed into the Swiss Air Force.[36][56]
Siemens-Schuckert D.II Germany fighter 1 1918–1922 [40]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel US liaison 1 1944–1945 United 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.[46][57]
Sud-Ouest Djinn France helicopter trainer 4 1958–1964 [36]
SWS C-1 Switzerland fighter 1 1919–1920 [38]
Voisin III LA B2 France bomber/trainer 1 1915–1919 French 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.[58]
Wild WT and WTS Switzerland trainer 11 1915-1934 [59][better source needed]
Wild WT-1 and WT-1S Switzerland trainer 33 1916-1934 [39]
Zeppelin C.II Germany reconnaissance 22 1920–1927 [37][38]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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  9. ^ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.70
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  11. ^ Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.72
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  31. ^ a b Militärische Kennungen 2017, p.38
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  50. ^ a b Militärische Kennungen 2016, p.8
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  • "Schweizer Luftwaffe Militärische Kennungen/Registrationen" [Swiss Air Force Military Identifications/Registrations] (PDF) (in German). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport (Swiss Confederation; Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[permanent dead link] Updated 16 October 2017, accessed 18 October 2017.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Ueli Maurer, Andre Blattmann, Aldo C. Schellenberg, David Marquis (2013). Uno Zero Zero: Ein Jahrhundert Schweizer Luftwaffe [One Zero Zero: Centenary of the Swiss Air Force] (in German). Aero Publications, Teufen. ISBN 978-3-9524239-0-5

External links[edit]

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