The REAL List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force
Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft.
Current aircraft
| Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number in service [7] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Beechcraft Super King Air |  US | Photomapping | 350C | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
 | Beechcraft 1900 | US | VIP transport | 1900D | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport |
 | Cessna Citation Excel | US | VIP transport | Ce-560XL | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport |
 | Dassault Falcon 900EX |  France | VIP transport | 900EX | 1 | Bern-Belp Airport |
 | De Havilland Canada Twin Otter |  Canada | Photomapping | DHC-6 | 1 | AB Dübendorf |
 | Diamond DA42 Aurora Centauer | US Austria | Experimental | DA42MPP (Mod) | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen[8] (Can be flown unmanned) |
 | Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma | France | Medium airlift | AS332M1 | 15 | AB Payerne, AB Dübendorf |
 | Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | Medium airlift | AS532UL | 11 | AB Alpnach [9] |
.jpg){kind=small} | Eurocopter EC635 | France Germany | Utility | EC635 P2+ | 18 | AB Alpnach [10] |
| VIP transport | EC635 P2+ VIP | 2 | ||||
 | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | US Switzerland (licensed) | Multirole fighter | F/A-18C | 26 | Fighter sqns 17, 18 (Airbase (AB) Payerne) and 11 (AB Meiringen) |
 | F/A-18D | 6 | ||||
 | Northrop F-5 Tiger II | US Switzerland (licensed) | Fighter-Interceptor | F-5E | 42 | Fighter sqdn 6, squadrons 8 (AB Emmen) & 19 (AB Sion). Use: interception, aerobatics, target-towing.[11] |
 | F-5F | 12 | Use: air policing and electronic warfare. | |||
 | Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter | Switzerland | Light transport | PC-6/B2-H2M-1 | 16 | Airlift sqn 7 and HB-FCF from Armasuisse (AB Emmen) |
 | Pilatus PC-7 Turbo trainer | Switzerland | Trainer | NCPC-7 | 28 | AB Locarno |
 | Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | Trainer | PC-9/F | 11 | Flight Training Unit 12 (AB Payerne) Use: target-towing and electronic warfare. |
 | Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | Test and transport | PC-12 | 1 | Armasuisse AB Emmen |
 | Pilatus PC-21 | Switzerland | Advanced trainer | PC-21 | 8 | AB Emmen |
 | RUAG ADS-95 Ranger | Switzerland | UAV | ADS-95 | 24 | Drone Sqn 7, AB Emmen |
 | RUAG KZD-85 | Switzerland | UAV | KZD-85 | 30 | 60 line of sight remote control drones originally bought in 1985 for air defense training. |
Previous aircraft
| Image | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Version(s) | Number | Entered service | WFU | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aérospatiale Alouette II[12] | France | observation, rescue & liaison | II | 30 | 1958 | 1992 | 10 bought in 1958, and 20 in 1964. |
 | Aérospatiale Alouette III[13] | France | transport & trainer | III | 84 | 1964 | 2010 | 14 lost in accidents. Replaced by EC635. |
 | BAE Hawk |  UK | trainer | T.66 | 19 | 1987 | 2002 | One lost in 1990. 18 sold to the Finland in 2008. |
 | Beechcraft Expeditor[14] | US | transport | C18S, C-45F | 3 | 1948 | 1969 | |
 | Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[15] | US | transport | E50 | 3 | 1957 | 1989 | |
| BFW M.18[16] | Germany | transport | 18C & 18D | 4 | 1929 | 1954 | 1 18C, 3 18D. | |
 | Bücker Jungmann |  Germany | trainer | Bü 131 | 94 | 1936 | 1971 | Two seat biplane. 10 impressed from aero clubs. |
| Bücker Jungmeister | Germany | trainer | Bü 133 | 52 | 1937 | 1968 | Acrobatics/air combat training single seat biplane. | |
 | Comte AC-1[17] | Switzerland | fighter | AC-1 | 1 | 1928 | 1939 | |
| Comte AC-4[18] | Switzerland | liaison | AC-4 | 1 | 1931 | 1938 | ||
| Comte AC-11-V[19] | Switzerland | liaison | AC-11-V | 1 | 1943 | 1945 | ||
 | Dassault Falcon | France | VIP transport | 50 | 1 | 1996 | 2013 | Replaced by Dassault Falcon 900EX. |
_Mirage_IIIS,_Switzerland_-_Air_Force_AN0695824.jpg){kind=small}    | Dassault Mirage III | France | 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[20] | UK | bomber | PR.4 & FB.6 | 2 | 1944 | 1954 | 1 used by Swissair for pilot training. 2nd was engine testbed for EFW N-20. | |
  _Vampire_T55_(DH-115)_AN2247367.jpg){kind=small} | de Havilland Vampire | UK | fighter | F.1 | 4 | 1946 | 1990 | First Swiss Air Force jet aircraft. For testing. |
| fighter-bomber | F.6 | 178 | 1949 | 1990 | Includes 3 from spare parts. | |||
| night fighter | NF.10 | 1 | 1958 | 1961 | Testing only. | |||
| trainer | T.55 | 39 | 1953 | 1990 | Two seat trainer, 30 built in Switzerland. | |||
 | de Havilland Venom | UK | fighter-bomber | FB.50 | 126 | 1954 | 1984 | Improved Vampire with new wings. Swiss FB.50 = RAF FB.1, FB.54 = FB.5. |
| reconnaissance | FB.50R | 24 | 1956 | 1975 | ||||
| fighter-bomber | FB.54 | 100 | 1956 | 1983 | ||||
| reconnaissance | FB.54R | 8 | 1980 | 1987 | ||||
 | Dewoitine D.26 | France | trainer | D.26 | 11 | 1931 | 1948 | |
 | Dewoitine D.27 | France | fighter | D.27 | 66 | 1928 | 1944 | |
 | Dornier Do 27 | Germany | aerial spraying | Do 27H2 | 7 | 1958 | 2005 | |
 | EFW N-20 | Switzerland | fighter | N-20 | 1 | 1949 | 1952 | First Swiss designed jet fighter, not produced. |
 | EKW C-35[21][22] | Switzerland | reconnaissance | C-35 & 35-1 | 90 | 1937 | 1954 | 8 built from spares. |
 | EKW C-36 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | C-3603 | 160 | 1942 | 1987 | 20 converted to target tugs, 40 re-engined with turboprop. |
 | Eurocopter Dauphin 2[23] | France | VIP transport | SA.365N | 1 | 2005 | 2009 | Used by the state government |
| Fairey Fox[24] | UK | reconnaissance | VI.R | 2 | 1937 | 1945 | ||
 | FFA P-16 | Switzerland | ground attack | P-16 | 5 | 1955 | 1960 | Prototypes. Order for 100 cancelled after 2nd crash. 2 returned to FFA. |
 | Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | transport, observation & ambulance | C-3 Trop | 5 | 1940 | 1963 | Number includes 1 impressed. |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | Germany | trainer | Fw 44F | 1 | 1945 | 1953 | ||
 | Fokker C.V |  Netherlands | reconnaissance | D & E | 64 | 1927 | 1954 | |
 | Häfeli DH-1 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-1 | 6 | 1916 | 1919 | |
 | Häfeli DH-3 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-3 | 109 | 1917 | 1939 | |
 | Häfeli DH-5 | Switzerland | reconnaissance | DH-5 | 80 | 1922 | 1940 | |
 | Hanriot HD-1 | France | fighter | HD-1 | 16 | 1921 | 1930 | |
  | Hawker Hunter | UK | fighter-bomber | F.58 | 100 | 1958 | 1994 | Swiss F.58=RAF F.6, FB.58A=FGA.9, T.68=T.66. Final assembly at Emmen. 3 batches, some converted ex-RAF F.6s. |
| fighter-bomber | F.58A | 52 | 1971 | 1994 | ||||
| trainer | T.68 | 8 | 1974 | 1994 | ||||
 | Hiller UH-12[25] | US | battlefield observation | B | 3 | 1952 | 1962 | |
 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Germany | transport | Versions | 3 | 1939 | 1981 | Since 1983 museum aircraft at Dübendorf. |
 | Learjet 35 | US | VIP transport | A | 2 | 1987 | 2006 | |
 | Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Germany | liaison | B | 18 | 1938 | 1959 | |
 | Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Germany | 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 | France | trainer | G or H | 1 | 1914 | 1919 | ||
| Morane-Saulnier MS.229 | France | trainer | Et2 | 2 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
 | Morane-Saulnier MS.406[26] | France | 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 |  Italy | trainer | FN.315 | 2 | 1944 | 1948 | ||
| Nieuport 23 | France | trainer | 23 C.1 | 5 | 1917 | 1921 | ||
 | Nieuport 28 | France | fighter | 28 C.1 | 15 | 1918 | 1930 | |
 | Nord Norécrin | France | liaison | 1201 | 1 | 1948 | 1952 | |
| Nord Norvigie | France | liaison | NC.850 | 1 | 1949 | 1950 | Tested and returned to Nord | |
 | North American P-51 Mustang[27] | US | 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[28] | Canada | trainer | Mk.IIB | 40 | 1948 | 1968 | Surplus ex-RCAF (Canadian built). | |
 | Pilatus P-2[29] | Switzerland | trainer | P-2 05 & 06 | 55 | 1945 | 1981 | |
 | Pilatus P-3[30] | Switzerland | trainers | P-3 | 73 | 1956 | 1995 | Number includes prototype. |
| Piper Super Cub[31] | US | observation | PA-18-150 | 6 | 1948 | 1975 | ||
| Potez 25[32] | France | reconnaissance | L-25 A.2 | 17 | 1927 | 1940 | ||
| Potez 63[33] | France | bomber | 630 & 633 | 2 | 1938 | 1944 | ||
| Rockwell Grand Commander | US | mapping | 680FL | 1 | 1976 | 1993 | Civil registered for Federal Office of Topography. | |
| Siebel Si 204 | Germany | transport | D-1 | 1 | 1945 | 1955 | Interned. | |
| Stinson Sentinel | US | liaison | L-5 | 1 | 1944 | 1945 | ||
 | Sud-Ouest Djinn[34] | France | trainer | S.O.1221 | 4 | 1958 | 1964 | Returned to manufacturer following rotor problems. |
| Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-1 | Switzerland | glider | WLM-1 | 2 | 1951 | unk |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air force of Switzerland.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to SAF Aircraft in Museum.
References
- Flieger-Flab-Museum Dübendorf
- Alber Wüst: Die Schweizerische Fliegerabwehr. 2011, ISBN 978-3-905616-20-0
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