The Swiss Air Force (SAF) will test the air defense system with landings and take-offs on a motorway as part of exercise “Alpha One”. In June 2024 the Swiss Air Force will practice landing and ...

I had front-row seats to the Swiss Air Force’s F-18 Hornet demo at the Waddington Airshow – and it absolutely delivered. From tight turns to high-speed passes and vertical climbs, the pilot ...

Until Dec. 31, 2020, the Swiss Air Force F/A-18s were available for Quick Reaction Alert only on business hours. About 7 years ago, an embarrassing incident highlighted the need for a round-the ...

The government said last week the test was necessary because all of the Swiss air force's assets were concentrated on three airfields in Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen, making them vulnerable to ...

GENEVA — A Swiss air force fighter jet crashed during a training fight in the Alps on Wednesday, the Defense Department said. The pilot was able to eject safely and was unhurt. The Tiger F-5 jet ...

PAYERNE AIR BASE, Switzerland—Switzerland's air force is pitching an upgrade it ... has been stumping for a plan to pay 3.1 billion Swiss francs ($3.5 billion) for 22 new Gripen fighter jets ...

Why? According to Swiss Air Force spokesman Laurent Savary, as reported by Agence France-Presse, it was after business hours: [T]he Swiss airforce is only available during office hours.

A record heatwave across Europe that sent temperatures in Switzerland as high as 94 may have caused the crash of a vintage propeller plane that slammed into the side of a Swiss mountain Saturday ...

A Cougar helicopter of the Swiss Air Force also dropped flares and showed its manoeuvrability, including an exercise where Special forces were evacuated. The event is held at Ebenfluh firing ...

BERLIN (AP) — The commander of the Swiss air force’s aerial display team has apologized after his unit performed a low-altitude pass over the wrong municipality. Residents of Langenbruck ...

Voters in Switzerland are going to the polls to decide on a proposal which would ban the Swiss air force from flying over alpine tourist areas. Swiss F/A-18 Hornets and Tiger F-5s fly from air bases ...

Swiss Air Force Lands Fighter Planes on Motorway in Training Exercise PAYERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Switzerland's armed forces landed fighter jets on a stretch of motorway in the west of the ...