Image | vehicle | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
|
Universal Carrier | ![]() |
Was in use |
MOWAG Scorpion | ![]() |
Tested | |
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Mowag Pirat | ![]() |
Test,lost against M113 |
![]() |
Saurer Tartaruga | ![]() |
Test,lost against M113 |
![]() |
M113 | ![]() |
In use |
|
M548 | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag armored dummy | ![]() |
Was in use |
|
Mowag Puma | ![]() |
Tested |
|
Mowag Shark | ![]() |
Tested |
![]() |
Mowag Piranha 8x8 | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
Mowag Piranha 6x6]] | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag Piranha 10x10]] | ![]() |
Tested |
![]() |
Mowag Eagle | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
DURO III | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
DURO GMTF | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag Trojan | ![]() |
After delay of order cancelled |
|
CV9030CH | ![]() |
In use |
Image | Tank | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Renault FT17 | ![]() |
Light Tank | II | 5 | 1921 | 1944 | |
Vickers Carden Loyd | ![]() |
Tank | I, 33, 34, 35 | 8 | 1931 | 1948 | ||
Landsverk 60 | ![]() |
Tank | 1 | 1936 | ? | Test | ||
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Panzer39 | ![]() |
Tank | LTL-H | 24 | 1939 | 1950 | |
![]() |
Renault R35 | ![]() |
Light Tank | 12 | 1940 | ? | Test | |
|
Nahkampfkanone 1 | ![]() |
Tankhunter | 1 | 1944 | 1947 | Test | |
![]() |
Nahkampfkanone 2 Gustav | ![]() |
Tankhunter | 1 | 1946 | 1947 | Test | |
Cruiser tank | ![]() |
Tank | RAM Mk.II | 2 | 1947 | 1968 | Test | |
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Panzerjäger G 13 | ![]() |
Tankhunter | G13 | 158 | 1947 | 1973 | |
|
AMX-13 | ![]() |
Light Tank | 200 | 1954 | 1980 | ||
![]() |
M47 Patton | ![]() |
Medium Tank | M Pz M47 | 2 | 1952 | 1954 | Test |
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Panzer 55 Centurion | ![]() |
Tank | PZ55 Mk3 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | |
Tank | Pz55 Mk5 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | From South Africa | |||
Tank | Pz57 Mk7 | 100 | 1957 | 1991 | ||||
Tank | Pz67 Mk12 | 12 | 1975 | 1991 | From Canada | |||
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Entpannungspanzer56 | ![]() |
Recoverytank | Entp Pz 56 | 30 | 1956 | 1991 | 19 sold 1991 to Sweden. |
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brückenpanzer 55 Centurion | ![]() |
Bridgelayer | Brü Pz | 2 | 1963 | 1966 | Test |
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Panzer 58 | ![]() |
Medium tank | MPz 58 | 12 | 1958 | 1964 | |
![]() |
Panzer 61 | ![]() |
Medium tank | Pz61 | 150 | 1964 | 1994 | |
|
Panzer 68 | ![]() |
Tank | Pz68 1Serie | 170 | 1971 | 1999 | all upgradet to AA3. |
Tank | Pz68AA2 | 50 | 1974 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/75 | 170 | 1978 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68 AA5 | 220 | 1988 | 1999 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/88 | 195 | 1993 | 2003 | ||||
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Entpannungspanzer 65 | ![]() |
recovery | Entp Pz65 | 69 | 1970 | 2008 | |
![]() |
Brückenpanzer 68 | ![]() |
Bridgelayer | Brü Pz68 | 30 | 1974 | 2005 | |
|
Panzerkanone 68 | ![]() |
Self prop howitze | Pz Kan 68 | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | Test |
|
Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68 | ![]() |
AAA | B22L | 2 | 1979 | 1980 | Test |
|
Zielfahrzeug 68 | ![]() |
training Target | 10 | 1974 | 2007 | ||
|
Mowag Shark | ![]() |
misc | 3 | 1981 | 1981 | Test:APC, Tank, AAA, Anti Tank | |
|
Mowag PiranhaIIIC 10x10 | ![]() |
misc | IIC 10x10 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | Test |
![]() |
Leopard 2 Panzer87, Pz87 WE | ![]() |
Tank | A4 | 380 | 1987 | Reduced to 224, 134 Upgrade to Pz87WE. | |
Leopard 2 Driving trainer | ![]() |
trainer | 3 | 1988 | 2002 | |||
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Leopard Büffel | ![]() |
recovery | BPz3 | 25 | 2004 | ||
Leopard Kodiak | ![]() ![]() |
Pionier | SKodiak | 12 | 2010 |
Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number in service [7] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Beechcraft Super King Air | ![]() |
Photomapping | 350C | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
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Pilatus PC-24 | ![]() |
VIP transport | Ce-560XL | 2 | Bern-Belp Airport |
![]() |
Dassault Falcon 900EX | ![]() |
VIP transport | 900EX | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport |
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Pilatus PC-10 | ![]() |
Photomapping | DHC-6 | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
![]() |
Diamond DA42 Aurora Centauer | ![]() ![]() |
Experimental | DA42MPP (Mod) | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen [8] (Can be flown unmanned) |
![]() |
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma | ![]() |
Medium airlift | AS332M1 | 15 | AB Payerne, AB Dübendorf |
![]() |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | ![]() |
Medium airlift | AS532UL | 11 | AB Alpnach [9] |
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Eurocopter EC635 | ![]() ![]() |
Utility | EC635 P2+ | 18 | AB Alpnach [10] |
VIP transport | EC635 P2+ VIP | 2 | ||||
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | ![]() ![]() |
Multirole fighter | F/A-18C | 26 | Fighter sqns 17, 18 ( Airbase (AB) Payerne) and 11 ( AB Meiringen) |
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F/A-18D | 6 | ||||
|
ALR Piranha | ![]() |
Fighter-Interceptor | Piranha 4 | 41 | Fighter sqdn 6, squadrons 8 (AB Emmen) & 19 (AB Sion). Use: interception, aerobatics, target-towing.2Engine version once 100 pic |
|
Piranha 4U | 12 | Use: air policing and electronic warfare.2Engine version | |||
![]() |
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter | ![]() |
Light transport | PC-6/B2-H2M-1 | 16 | Airlift sqn 7 and HB-FCF from Armasuisse (AB Emmen) |
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Pilatus PC-7 Turbo trainer | ![]() |
Trainer | NCPC-7 | 28 | AB Locarno |
|
Pilatus PC-9 | ![]() |
Trainer | PC-9/F | 11 | Flight Training Unit 12 (AB Payerne) Use: target-towing and electronic warfare. |
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Pilatus PC-12 | ![]() |
Test and transport | PC-12 | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen |
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Pilatus PC-21 | ![]() |
Advanced trainer | PC-21 | 8 | AB Emmen |
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RUAG ADS-95 Ranger | ![]() |
UAV | ADS-95 | 24 | Drone Sqn 7, AB Emmen |
|
RUAG KZD-85 | ![]() |
UAV | KZD-85 | 30 | 60 line of sight remote control drones originally bought in 1985 for air defense training. |
Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aérospatiale Alouette II [11] | ![]() |
observation, rescue & liaison | II | 30 | 1958 | 1992 | 10 bought in 1958, and 20 in 1964. |
|
Aérospatiale Alouette III [12] | ![]() |
transport & trainer | III | 84 | 1964 | 2010 | 14 lost in accidents. Replaced by EC635. |
|
ALR Piranha | ![]() |
trainer | Piranha 2C | 19 | 1987 | 2002 | Singleengined version |
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Beechcraft Expeditor [13] | ![]() |
transport | C18S, C-45F |
3 | 1948 | 1969 | |
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Beechcraft Twin Bonanza [14] | ![]() |
transport | E50 | 3 | 1957 | 1989 | |
BFW M.18 [15] | ![]() |
transport | 18C & 18D | 4 | 1929 | 1954 | 1 18C, 3 18D. | |
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Bücker Jungmann | ![]() |
trainer | Bü 131 | 94 | 1936 | 1971 | Two seat biplane. 10 impressed from aero clubs. |
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Pilatus P-1 | ![]() |
trainer | P-1 | 52 | 1937 | 1968 | Acrobatics/air combat training single seat biplane. |
![]() |
Comte AC-1 [16] | ![]() |
fighter | AC-1 | 1 | 1928 | 1939 | |
Comte AC-4 [17] | ![]() |
liaison | AC-4 | 1 | 1931 | 1938 | ||
Comte AC-11-V [18] | ![]() |
liaison | AC-11-V | 1 | 1943 | 1945 | ||
![]() |
Dassault Falcon | ![]() |
VIP transport | 50 | 1 | 1996 | 2013 | Replaced by Dassault Falcon 900EX. |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dassault Mirage III | ![]() |
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 [19] | ![]() |
bomber | PR.4 & FB.6 | 2 | 1944 | 1954 | 1 used by Swissair for pilot training. 2nd was engine testbed for EFW N-20. | |
![]() |
Dewoitine D.26 | ![]() |
trainer | D.26 | 11 | 1931 | 1948 | |
![]() |
Dewoitine D.27 | ![]() |
fighter | D.27 | 66 | 1928 | 1944 | |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter | ![]() |
transport&photo | PC-8D | 7 | 1958 | 2005 | |
|
N-20.2 Arbalète | ![]() |
fighter | N-20.2 | 222 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter. |
|
N-20.10 Aiguillon | ![]() |
fighter | N-20.10 | 285 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter. |
![]() |
EKW C-35 [20] [21] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | C-35 & 35-1 | 90 | 1937 | 1954 | 8 built from spares. |
![]() |
EKW C-36 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | C-3603 | 160 | 1942 | 1987 | 20 converted to target tugs, 40 re-engined with turboprop. |
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Eurocopter Dauphin 2 [22] | ![]() |
VIP transport | SA.365N | 1 | 2005 | 2009 | Used by the state government |
Fairey Fox [23] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | VI.R | 2 | 1937 | 1945 | ||
FFA P-16 | ![]() |
ground attack | P-16.04 & P-16 Mk.II | 160 | 1955 | 1960 | . | |
|
Pilatus SB-2 | ![]() |
transport, observation & ambulance |
SB-2 | 5 | 1940 | 1963 | Number includes 1 impressed. |
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | ![]() |
trainer | Fw 44F | 1 | 1945 | 1953 | ||
|
Fokker C.V | ![]() |
reconnaissance | D & E | 64 | 1927 | 1954 | |
![]() |
Häfeli DH-1 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-1 | 6 | 1916 | 1919 | |
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Häfeli DH-3 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-3 | 109 | 1917 | 1939 | |
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Häfeli DH-5 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-5 | 80 | 1922 | 1940 | |
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Hanriot HD-1 | ![]() |
fighter | HD-1 | 16 | 1921 | 1930 | |
Hiller UH-12 [24] | ![]() |
battlefield observation | B | 3 | 1952 | 1962 | ||
|
Junkers Ju 52/3m | ![]() |
transport | Versions | 3 | 1939 | 1981 | Since 1983 museum aircraft at Dübendorf. |
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SAAC-21 | ![]() |
VIP transport | A | 2 | 1987 | 2006 | |
|
Pilatus P-4 | ![]() |
liaison | B | 18 | 1938 | 1959 | |
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
trainer | G or H | 1 | 1914 | 1919 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 | ![]() |
trainer | Et2 | 2 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406 [25] | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
trainer | FN.315 | 2 | 1944 | 1948 | ||
Nieuport 23 | ![]() |
trainer | 23 C.1 | 5 | 1917 | 1921 | ||
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Nieuport 28 | ![]() |
fighter | 28 C.1 | 15 | 1918 | 1930 | |
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Nord Norécrin | ![]() |
liaison | 1201 | 1 | 1948 | 1952 | |
Nord Norvigie | ![]() |
liaison | NC.850 | 1 | 1949 | 1950 | Tested and returned to Nord | |
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North American P-51 Mustang [26] | ![]() |
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 [27] | ![]() |
trainer | Mk.IIB | 40 | 1948 | 1968 | Surplus ex- RCAF (Canadian built). |
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Pilatus P-2 [28] | ![]() |
trainer | P-2 05 & 06 | 55 | 1945 | 1981 | |
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Pilatus P-3 [29] | ![]() |
trainers | P-3 | 73 | 1956 | 1995 | Number includes prototype. |
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Pilatus P-5 [30] | ![]() |
observation | PA-18-150 | 6 | 1948 | 1975 | |
Potez 25 [31] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | L-25 A.2 | 17 | 1927 | 1940 | ||
Potez 63 [32] | ![]() |
bomber | 630 & 633 | 2 | 1938 | 1944 | ||
Rockwell Grand Commander | ![]() |
mapping | 680FL | 1 | 1976 | 1993 | Civil registered for Federal Office of Topography. | |
Siebel Si 204 | ![]() |
transport | D-1 | 1 | 1945 | 1955 | Interned. | |
Stinson Sentinel | ![]() |
liaison | L-5 | 1 | 1944 | 1945 | ||
Sud-Ouest Djinn [33] | ![]() |
trainer | S.O.1221 | 4 | 1958 | 1964 | Returned to manufacturer following rotor problems. | |
Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-1 | ![]() |
glider | WLM-1 | 2 | 1951 | unk |
In the Swiss Air Force an aircraft is usually not deployed permanently to a given Squadron, especally that of the [milizia] pilots who spend just a few weeks a year in service. Aircraft are used across several squadrons, even the Squadron leader's aircraft such as the F/A-18C J-5017 from 17 Squadron will be used by used other squadrons. Older aircraft will often be retired from front line service to support squadrons, for example the Hawker Hunter from a fighter-bomber with 5 Squadron to [Zielflugstaffel] 12 as a target tug.
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Image | vehicle | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
|
Universal Carrier | ![]() |
Was in use |
MOWAG Scorpion | ![]() |
Tested | |
![]() |
Mowag Pirat | ![]() |
Test,lost against M113 |
![]() |
Saurer Tartaruga | ![]() |
Test,lost against M113 |
![]() |
M113 | ![]() |
In use |
|
M548 | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag armored dummy | ![]() |
Was in use |
|
Mowag Puma | ![]() |
Tested |
|
Mowag Shark | ![]() |
Tested |
![]() |
Mowag Piranha 8x8 | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
Mowag Piranha 6x6]] | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag Piranha 10x10]] | ![]() |
Tested |
![]() |
Mowag Eagle | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
DURO III | ![]() |
In use |
![]() |
DURO GMTF | ![]() |
In use |
|
Mowag Trojan | ![]() |
After delay of order cancelled |
|
CV9030CH | ![]() |
In use |
Image | Tank | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Renault FT17 | ![]() |
Light Tank | II | 5 | 1921 | 1944 | |
Vickers Carden Loyd | ![]() |
Tank | I, 33, 34, 35 | 8 | 1931 | 1948 | ||
Landsverk 60 | ![]() |
Tank | 1 | 1936 | ? | Test | ||
![]() |
Panzer39 | ![]() |
Tank | LTL-H | 24 | 1939 | 1950 | |
![]() |
Renault R35 | ![]() |
Light Tank | 12 | 1940 | ? | Test | |
|
Nahkampfkanone 1 | ![]() |
Tankhunter | 1 | 1944 | 1947 | Test | |
![]() |
Nahkampfkanone 2 Gustav | ![]() |
Tankhunter | 1 | 1946 | 1947 | Test | |
Cruiser tank | ![]() |
Tank | RAM Mk.II | 2 | 1947 | 1968 | Test | |
![]() |
Panzerjäger G 13 | ![]() |
Tankhunter | G13 | 158 | 1947 | 1973 | |
|
AMX-13 | ![]() |
Light Tank | 200 | 1954 | 1980 | ||
![]() |
M47 Patton | ![]() |
Medium Tank | M Pz M47 | 2 | 1952 | 1954 | Test |
![]() |
Panzer 55 Centurion | ![]() |
Tank | PZ55 Mk3 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | |
Tank | Pz55 Mk5 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | From South Africa | |||
Tank | Pz57 Mk7 | 100 | 1957 | 1991 | ||||
Tank | Pz67 Mk12 | 12 | 1975 | 1991 | From Canada | |||
![]() |
Entpannungspanzer56 | ![]() |
Recoverytank | Entp Pz 56 | 30 | 1956 | 1991 | 19 sold 1991 to Sweden. |
![]() |
brückenpanzer 55 Centurion | ![]() |
Bridgelayer | Brü Pz | 2 | 1963 | 1966 | Test |
![]() |
Panzer 58 | ![]() |
Medium tank | MPz 58 | 12 | 1958 | 1964 | |
![]() |
Panzer 61 | ![]() |
Medium tank | Pz61 | 150 | 1964 | 1994 | |
|
Panzer 68 | ![]() |
Tank | Pz68 1Serie | 170 | 1971 | 1999 | all upgradet to AA3. |
Tank | Pz68AA2 | 50 | 1974 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/75 | 170 | 1978 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68 AA5 | 220 | 1988 | 1999 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/88 | 195 | 1993 | 2003 | ||||
![]() |
Entpannungspanzer 65 | ![]() |
recovery | Entp Pz65 | 69 | 1970 | 2008 | |
![]() |
Brückenpanzer 68 | ![]() |
Bridgelayer | Brü Pz68 | 30 | 1974 | 2005 | |
|
Panzerkanone 68 | ![]() |
Self prop howitze | Pz Kan 68 | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | Test |
|
Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68 | ![]() |
AAA | B22L | 2 | 1979 | 1980 | Test |
|
Zielfahrzeug 68 | ![]() |
training Target | 10 | 1974 | 2007 | ||
|
Mowag Shark | ![]() |
misc | 3 | 1981 | 1981 | Test:APC, Tank, AAA, Anti Tank | |
|
Mowag PiranhaIIIC 10x10 | ![]() |
misc | IIC 10x10 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | Test |
![]() |
Leopard 2 Panzer87, Pz87 WE | ![]() |
Tank | A4 | 380 | 1987 | Reduced to 224, 134 Upgrade to Pz87WE. | |
Leopard 2 Driving trainer | ![]() |
trainer | 3 | 1988 | 2002 | |||
![]() |
Leopard Büffel | ![]() |
recovery | BPz3 | 25 | 2004 | ||
Leopard Kodiak | ![]() ![]() |
Pionier | SKodiak | 12 | 2010 |
Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number in service [7] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Beechcraft Super King Air | ![]() |
Photomapping | 350C | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-24 | ![]() |
VIP transport | Ce-560XL | 2 | Bern-Belp Airport |
![]() |
Dassault Falcon 900EX | ![]() |
VIP transport | 900EX | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-10 | ![]() |
Photomapping | DHC-6 | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
![]() |
Diamond DA42 Aurora Centauer | ![]() ![]() |
Experimental | DA42MPP (Mod) | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen [8] (Can be flown unmanned) |
![]() |
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma | ![]() |
Medium airlift | AS332M1 | 15 | AB Payerne, AB Dübendorf |
![]() |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | ![]() |
Medium airlift | AS532UL | 11 | AB Alpnach [9] |
![]() |
Eurocopter EC635 | ![]() ![]() |
Utility | EC635 P2+ | 18 | AB Alpnach [10] |
VIP transport | EC635 P2+ VIP | 2 | ||||
![]() |
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | ![]() ![]() |
Multirole fighter | F/A-18C | 26 | Fighter sqns 17, 18 ( Airbase (AB) Payerne) and 11 ( AB Meiringen) |
![]() |
F/A-18D | 6 | ||||
|
ALR Piranha | ![]() |
Fighter-Interceptor | Piranha 4 | 41 | Fighter sqdn 6, squadrons 8 (AB Emmen) & 19 (AB Sion). Use: interception, aerobatics, target-towing.2Engine version once 100 pic |
|
Piranha 4U | 12 | Use: air policing and electronic warfare.2Engine version | |||
![]() |
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter | ![]() |
Light transport | PC-6/B2-H2M-1 | 16 | Airlift sqn 7 and HB-FCF from Armasuisse (AB Emmen) |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-7 Turbo trainer | ![]() |
Trainer | NCPC-7 | 28 | AB Locarno |
|
Pilatus PC-9 | ![]() |
Trainer | PC-9/F | 11 | Flight Training Unit 12 (AB Payerne) Use: target-towing and electronic warfare. |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-12 | ![]() |
Test and transport | PC-12 | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-21 | ![]() |
Advanced trainer | PC-21 | 8 | AB Emmen |
![]() |
RUAG ADS-95 Ranger | ![]() |
UAV | ADS-95 | 24 | Drone Sqn 7, AB Emmen |
|
RUAG KZD-85 | ![]() |
UAV | KZD-85 | 30 | 60 line of sight remote control drones originally bought in 1985 for air defense training. |
Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aérospatiale Alouette II [11] | ![]() |
observation, rescue & liaison | II | 30 | 1958 | 1992 | 10 bought in 1958, and 20 in 1964. |
|
Aérospatiale Alouette III [12] | ![]() |
transport & trainer | III | 84 | 1964 | 2010 | 14 lost in accidents. Replaced by EC635. |
|
ALR Piranha | ![]() |
trainer | Piranha 2C | 19 | 1987 | 2002 | Singleengined version |
![]() |
Beechcraft Expeditor [13] | ![]() |
transport | C18S, C-45F |
3 | 1948 | 1969 | |
![]() |
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza [14] | ![]() |
transport | E50 | 3 | 1957 | 1989 | |
BFW M.18 [15] | ![]() |
transport | 18C & 18D | 4 | 1929 | 1954 | 1 18C, 3 18D. | |
![]() |
Bücker Jungmann | ![]() |
trainer | Bü 131 | 94 | 1936 | 1971 | Two seat biplane. 10 impressed from aero clubs. |
![]() |
Pilatus P-1 | ![]() |
trainer | P-1 | 52 | 1937 | 1968 | Acrobatics/air combat training single seat biplane. |
![]() |
Comte AC-1 [16] | ![]() |
fighter | AC-1 | 1 | 1928 | 1939 | |
Comte AC-4 [17] | ![]() |
liaison | AC-4 | 1 | 1931 | 1938 | ||
Comte AC-11-V [18] | ![]() |
liaison | AC-11-V | 1 | 1943 | 1945 | ||
![]() |
Dassault Falcon | ![]() |
VIP transport | 50 | 1 | 1996 | 2013 | Replaced by Dassault Falcon 900EX. |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dassault Mirage III | ![]() |
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 [19] | ![]() |
bomber | PR.4 & FB.6 | 2 | 1944 | 1954 | 1 used by Swissair for pilot training. 2nd was engine testbed for EFW N-20. | |
![]() |
Dewoitine D.26 | ![]() |
trainer | D.26 | 11 | 1931 | 1948 | |
![]() |
Dewoitine D.27 | ![]() |
fighter | D.27 | 66 | 1928 | 1944 | |
![]() |
Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter | ![]() |
transport&photo | PC-8D | 7 | 1958 | 2005 | |
|
N-20.2 Arbalète | ![]() |
fighter | N-20.2 | 222 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter. |
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N-20.10 Aiguillon | ![]() |
fighter | N-20.10 | 285 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter. |
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EKW C-35 [20] [21] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | C-35 & 35-1 | 90 | 1937 | 1954 | 8 built from spares. |
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EKW C-36 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | C-3603 | 160 | 1942 | 1987 | 20 converted to target tugs, 40 re-engined with turboprop. |
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Eurocopter Dauphin 2 [22] | ![]() |
VIP transport | SA.365N | 1 | 2005 | 2009 | Used by the state government |
Fairey Fox [23] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | VI.R | 2 | 1937 | 1945 | ||
FFA P-16 | ![]() |
ground attack | P-16.04 & P-16 Mk.II | 160 | 1955 | 1960 | . | |
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Pilatus SB-2 | ![]() |
transport, observation & ambulance |
SB-2 | 5 | 1940 | 1963 | Number includes 1 impressed. |
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | ![]() |
trainer | Fw 44F | 1 | 1945 | 1953 | ||
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Fokker C.V | ![]() |
reconnaissance | D & E | 64 | 1927 | 1954 | |
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Häfeli DH-1 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-1 | 6 | 1916 | 1919 | |
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Häfeli DH-3 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-3 | 109 | 1917 | 1939 | |
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Häfeli DH-5 | ![]() |
reconnaissance | DH-5 | 80 | 1922 | 1940 | |
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Hanriot HD-1 | ![]() |
fighter | HD-1 | 16 | 1921 | 1930 | |
Hiller UH-12 [24] | ![]() |
battlefield observation | B | 3 | 1952 | 1962 | ||
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Junkers Ju 52/3m | ![]() |
transport | Versions | 3 | 1939 | 1981 | Since 1983 museum aircraft at Dübendorf. |
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SAAC-21 | ![]() |
VIP transport | A | 2 | 1987 | 2006 | |
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Pilatus P-4 | ![]() |
liaison | B | 18 | 1938 | 1959 | |
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
trainer | G or H | 1 | 1914 | 1919 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 | ![]() |
trainer | Et2 | 2 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406 [25] | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
trainer | FN.315 | 2 | 1944 | 1948 | ||
Nieuport 23 | ![]() |
trainer | 23 C.1 | 5 | 1917 | 1921 | ||
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Nieuport 28 | ![]() |
fighter | 28 C.1 | 15 | 1918 | 1930 | |
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Nord Norécrin | ![]() |
liaison | 1201 | 1 | 1948 | 1952 | |
Nord Norvigie | ![]() |
liaison | NC.850 | 1 | 1949 | 1950 | Tested and returned to Nord | |
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North American P-51 Mustang [26] | ![]() |
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 | ||||
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North American Harvard [27] | ![]() |
trainer | Mk.IIB | 40 | 1948 | 1968 | Surplus ex- RCAF (Canadian built). |
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Pilatus P-2 [28] | ![]() |
trainer | P-2 05 & 06 | 55 | 1945 | 1981 | |
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Pilatus P-3 [29] | ![]() |
trainers | P-3 | 73 | 1956 | 1995 | Number includes prototype. |
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Pilatus P-5 [30] | ![]() |
observation | PA-18-150 | 6 | 1948 | 1975 | |
Potez 25 [31] | ![]() |
reconnaissance | L-25 A.2 | 17 | 1927 | 1940 | ||
Potez 63 [32] | ![]() |
bomber | 630 & 633 | 2 | 1938 | 1944 | ||
Rockwell Grand Commander | ![]() |
mapping | 680FL | 1 | 1976 | 1993 | Civil registered for Federal Office of Topography. | |
Siebel Si 204 | ![]() |
transport | D-1 | 1 | 1945 | 1955 | Interned. | |
Stinson Sentinel | ![]() |
liaison | L-5 | 1 | 1944 | 1945 | ||
Sud-Ouest Djinn [33] | ![]() |
trainer | S.O.1221 | 4 | 1958 | 1964 | Returned to manufacturer following rotor problems. | |
Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-1 | ![]() |
glider | WLM-1 | 2 | 1951 | unk |
In the Swiss Air Force an aircraft is usually not deployed permanently to a given Squadron, especally that of the [milizia] pilots who spend just a few weeks a year in service. Aircraft are used across several squadrons, even the Squadron leader's aircraft such as the F/A-18C J-5017 from 17 Squadron will be used by used other squadrons. Older aircraft will often be retired from front line service to support squadrons, for example the Hawker Hunter from a fighter-bomber with 5 Squadron to [Zielflugstaffel] 12 as a target tug.
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