List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force
Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft.
Aircraft
Current inventory
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A F-5E tiger II flies by at the 2012 Axalp live fire event
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An AS532 Cougar helicopter
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An F/A-18C taking off from Payerne air base
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Swiss Air Force PC-24 at Dübendorf AFB
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
Northrop F-5 | United States | fighter | F-5E | 29[1] | 6 assigned to the Patrouille Suisse demonstration team | |
Boeing F/A-18 | United States | multirole | F/A-18C | 25[1] | ||
Reconnaissance | ||||||
Super King Air | United States | photomapping | 300C | 1[2] | operated for the Swiss Office of Topography | |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 | Canada | photomapping | 1[2] | operated for the Swiss Office of Topography[3] | ||
Diamond DA42 | Austria | reconnaissance | 1[1] | |||
Transport | ||||||
Dassault Falcon | France | VIP | 900EX | 1[4] | ||
Cessna Citation | United States | VIP | 560XL | 1[5] | ||
Beech 1900 | United States | VIP | 1[1][6] | |||
PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | utility / transport | 15[1] | STOL capable aircraft | ||
PC-24 | Switzerland | VIP / transport | 1 | |||
Bombardier Challenger | Canada | VIP/ MEDEVAC | CL604 | 2[1][7] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Eurocopter EC635 | France / Germany | utility / VIP | EC635 P2+ | 18[1] | 2 configured for VIP | |
Eurocopter AS532 | France | transport / utility / SAR | AS332UL[8] | 24[1] | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
Northrop F-5 | United States | conversion trainer | F-5F | 7[1] | ||
Boeing F/A-18 | United States | conversion trainer | F/A-18D | 5[1] | ||
Pilatus PC-7 | Switzerland | trainer | 27[1] | |||
Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | trainer | 7[1] | |||
Pilatus PC-21 | Switzerland | primary trainer | 8[1] | |||
UAV | ||||||
ADS-15 | Israel | surveillance | 6[9] | |||
KZD-85 | Switzerland | surveillance | 30[10] |
Retired
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A Messerschmitt 109 on display at the flight museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland
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A vintage Dewoitine D.27 restored to flying condition
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A de Havilland Venom in a diorama setting at the Flieger-Flab-Museum
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The sole example of an AS365 Dauphin in VIP configuration
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A BAE Hawk landing at Buochs, Switzerland
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A Swiss Hawker Hunter
A Do 27 on display at Payerne Air Base
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A EKW C-35 multipurpose biplane
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
Mirage III | France | fighter | IIIS | 30[11] | retired in 1999 | |
P-51 Mustang | United States | fighter | 131[12] | in service from 1949 to 1957 | ||
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 | France | fighter | 322[13] | in service from 1939 to 1956 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Germany | fighter | 129[14] | in service from 1939 to 1949 | ||
Dewoitine D.27 | France | fighter | 66[15] | in service from 1928 to 1944 | ||
Hanriot HD.1 | France | fighter | 16[16] | in service from 1921 to 1930 | ||
Nieuport 28 | France | fighter | 15[17] | in service from 1918 to 1930 | ||
Potez 25 | France | bomber | 2[18] | in service from 1938 to 1944 | ||
de Havilland Mosquito | United Kingdom | bomber | 2[19] | in service from 1944 to 1954 | ||
Hawker Hunter | United Kingdom | fighter-bomber | TF.58 | 125[11] | retired from service 1994 | |
FFA P-16 | Switzerland | fighter-bomber | 3[20] | in service from 1955 to 1958 | ||
de Havilland Vampire | United Kingdom | fighter-bomber | 182[21] | in service from 1946 to 1990 | ||
de Havilland Venom | United Kingdom | fighter-bomber | F.50/54 | 226[22] | in service from 1954 to 1984 | |
Reconnaissance | ||||||
ADS-95 | Switzerland | Reconnaissance UAV | 28 (2crashed) | Retired November 2019[23] | ||
Mirage III | France | reconnaissance | IIIRS | 18[11] | retired in 1999 | |
de Havilland Venom | United Kingdom | reconnaissance | F.50/54 | 32[22] | in service from 1956 to 1987 | |
EKW C-36 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | 160[24] | in service from 1942 to 1987 | ||
Fokker C.V | Netherlands | reconnaissance | 64[25] | in service from 1927 to 1954 | ||
EKW C-35 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | 160[26] | in service from 1937 to 1954 | ||
Häfeli DH-5 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | 80[27] | in service from 1922 to 1940 | ||
Häfeli DH-3 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | 109[27] | in service from 1917 to 1939 | ||
Häfeli DH-1 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | 6[27] | in service from 1916 to 1919 | ||
Piper Super Cub | United States | observation | 6[28] | in service from 1948 to 1975 | ||
Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | observation | 5[29] | in service from 1940 to 1963 | ||
Potez 25 | France | observation | 17[18] | in service from 1927 to 1940 | ||
Dornier Do 27 | Germany | communications | 3[11] | retired in 2005 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Germany | communications | 18[30] | in service from 1938 to 1959 | ||
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza | United States | communications | 3[11] | in service from 1957 to 1989 | ||
Transport | ||||||
Dassault Falcon 50 | France | VIP | 1[31] | replaced by a Falcon 900EX in 2013 | ||
Beechcraft 1900 | United States | VIP | 1[7] | replaced by two CL604 in 2020 | ||
Learjet 35 | United States | VIP | 2[11] | in service from 1987 to 2006 | ||
Junkers Ju 52 | Germany | transport | 3[32] | in service from 1939 to 1981 | ||
Beechcraft Expeditor | United States | transport | 3[33] | in service from 1948 to 1969 | ||
Siebel Si 204 | Germany | transport | 1[34] | in service from 1945 to 1955 | ||
Messerschmitt M 18 | Germany | transport | 4[35] | in service from 1929 to 1954 | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
AS365 Dauphin | France | VIP | 1[36] | retired in 2009 | ||
Aérospatiale Alouette II | France | utility / SAR | 30[11] | |||
Aérospatiale Alouette III | France | utility / liaison | 76[11] | replaced by the Eurocopter EC635[37] | ||
Sud-Ouest Djinn | France | light utility | 4[38] | in service from 1958 to 1964 | ||
Hiller UH-12 | United States | observation | 3[39] | in service from 1952 -1962 | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | primary trainer | Hawk 66 | 19[40] | 18 surviving aircraft sold to Finland in 2008[41] | |
Mirage III | France | conversion trainer | IIIBS/DS | 2/2[11] | retired in 2003 | |
Pilatus P-3 | Switzerland | trainer | 60[11] | retired in 1995 | ||
Hawker Hunter | conversion United Kingdomtrainer | T.68 | 7[11] | retired in 1994 | ||
de Havilland Vampire | United Kingdom | jet trainer | T.55 | 35[11] | retired in 1990 | |
Pilatus P-2 | Switzerland | trainer | 55[42] | in service from 1945 to 1981 | ||
Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal | United States | Target UAV | 10 | Retired 1965 | ||
Bücker Bü 131 | Germany | trainer | 94[43] | in service from 1936 to 1971 | ||
North American Harvard | Canada | trainer | IIB | 40[44] | in service from 1948 to 1968 | |
Bücker Bü 133 | Germany | trainer | 52[45] | in service from 1937 to 1968 | ||
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | Germany | trainer | 1[46] | in service from 1945 to 1953 | ||
Nardi FN.315 | Italy | trainer | 2[47] | in service from 1944 to 1948 | ||
Dewoitine D.26 | France | trainer | 11[15] | in service from 1931 to 1948 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 | France | trainer | 2[48] | in service from 1931 to 1941 | ||
Nieuport 28 | France | trainer | 5[49] |
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