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List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

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Since its formation, the Swiss Air Force has used a number of different aircraft.

Aircraft

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Current inventory

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A F-5E Tiger II flies by at the 2012 Axalp live fire event
An F/A-18C taking off from Payerne Air Base
An AS532 Cougar helicopter
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
F-5 Tiger II United States light fighter F-5E 18[1] 6 assigned to the Patrouille Suisse[2]
F/A-18 Hornet United States multirole F/A-18C 25[1]
F-35 Lightning II United States stealth multirole F-35A 0[3] 36 on order[1] - F/A-18 replacement
Transport
Pilatus PC-6 Switzerland utility / transport 14[1] STOL capable aircraft
Bombardier Challenger 600 Canada VIP / MEDEVAC CL604 2[1]
Bombardier Global 7500 Canada VIP 1[4]
Dassault Falcon 900 France VIP 900EX 1[5]
Cessna Citation Excel United States VIP 560XL 1[6]
Super King Air United States Transport/photomapping 300C 1[1] operated for the Swiss Office of Topography
DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada photomapping 1[1] operated for the Swiss Office of Topography[7]
Pilatus PC-12 Switzerland FLORAKO test flights / transport 1[8] Armasuisse
Diamond DA42 Twin Star Austria/United States Test aircraft MPP Centaur OPA 1[9] Armasuisse
Helicopters
Aérospatiale AS 332M1 Super Puma France utility / SAR 15[10] TH89 prior to modernisation, TH06 after modernisation[11]
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar France utility / SAR AS532UL[12] 10[13] 12 purchased, 1 lost in 2011[14], 1 lost in 2016[15].

TH98 when purchased, 9 modernised to standard TH18[11][16]

Eurocopter EC635 Germany utility / VIP EC635 P2+ 19[17] 2 configured for VIP

1 lost in 2024[18]

Trainer aircraft
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer 27[1]
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland primary trainer 7[1]
F-5 Tiger II United States conversion trainer F-5F 5[1]
F/A-18 Hornet United States conversion trainer F/A-18D 5[1]
UAV
KZD-85 Switzerland Target drone 41[19][20] in service from 1985
Elbit Hermes 900 Israel surveillance 2[21] 4 on order[21]

Retired

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A Messerschmitt 109 on display at the flight museum in Dübendorf, Switzerland
A vintage Dewoitine D.27 restored to flying condition
A de Havilland Venom in a diorama setting at the Flieger-Flab-Museum
The sole example of an AS365 Dauphin in VIP configuration
A BAE Hawk landing at Buochs, Switzerland
A Swiss Hawker Hunter
A EKW C-35 multipurpose biplane
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
Mirage III France fighter IIIS 30[22] retired in 1999
P-51 Mustang United States fighter 131[23] in service from 1949 to 1957
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 France fighter 322[24] in service from 1939 to 1956
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Germany fighter 129[25] in service from 1939 to 1949
Dewoitine D.27 France fighter 66[26] in service from 1928 to 1944
Hanriot HD.1 France fighter 16[27] in service from 1921 to 1930
Nieuport 28 France fighter 15[28] in service from 1918 to 1930
Potez 25 France bomber 2[29] in service from 1938 to 1944
de Havilland Mosquito United Kingdom bomber 2[30] in service from 1944 to 1954
de Havilland Vampire United Kingdom fighter-bomber 182[31] in service from 1946 to 1990
de Havilland Venom United Kingdom fighter-bomber F.50/54 226[32] in service from 1954 to 1984
Hawker Hunter United Kingdom fighter-bomber TF.58 125[22] retired from service 1994
Reconnaissance
ADS-95 Switzerland Reconnaissance UAV 28 (2 crashed) Retired November 2019[33]
Mirage III France reconnaissance IIIRS 18[22] retired in 1999
de Havilland Venom United Kingdom reconnaissance F.50/54 32[32] in service from 1956 to 1987
EKW C-36 Switzerland reconnaissance 160[34] in service from 1942 to 1987
Fokker C.V Netherlands reconnaissance 64[35] in service from 1927 to 1954
EKW C-35 Switzerland reconnaissance 160[36] in service from 1937 to 1954
Häfeli DH-5 Switzerland reconnaissance 80[37] in service from 1922 to 1940
Häfeli DH-3 Switzerland reconnaissance 109[37] in service from 1917 to 1939
Häfeli DH-1 Switzerland reconnaissance 6[37] in service from 1916 to 1919
Piper Super Cub United States observation 6[38] in service from 1948 to 1975
Fieseler Fi 156 Germany observation 5[39] in service from 1940 to 1963
Potez 25 France observation 17[29] in service from 1927 to 1940
Dornier Do 27 Germany communications 3[22] retired in 2005
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany communications 18[40] in service from 1938 to 1959
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza United States communications 3[22] in service from 1957 to 1989
Transport
Pilatus PC-24 Switzerland VIP PC-24 1[41] in service from 2019 to 2022
Dassault Falcon 50 France VIP 1[42] replaced by a Falcon 900EX in 2013
Beechcraft 1900 United States VIP 1 replaced by two CL604 in 2020
Learjet 35 United States VIP 2[22] in service from 1987 to 2006
Junkers Ju 52 Germany transport 3[43] in service from 1939 to 1981
Beechcraft Expeditor United States transport 3[44] in service from 1948 to 1969
Siebel Si 204 Germany transport 1[45] in service from 1945 to 1955
Messerschmitt M 18 Germany transport 4[46] in service from 1929 to 1954
Helicopters
AS365 Dauphin France VIP 1[47] retired in 2009
Aérospatiale Alouette II France utility / SAR 30[22] retired around 2012
Aérospatiale Alouette III France utility / liaison 76[22] replaced by the Eurocopter EC635[48] by 2010
Sud-Ouest Djinn France light utility 4[49] in service from 1958 to 1964
Hiller UH-12 United States observation 3[50] in service from 1952 -1962
Trainer aircraft
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland target tug/trainer PC-9/F 12[51] 4 were used in the last years[51], retired in 2022[52]
BAE Hawk United Kingdom primary trainer Hawk 66 19[53] 18 surviving aircraft sold to Finland in 2008[54]
Mirage III France conversion trainer IIIBS/DS 2/2[22] retired in 2003
Pilatus P-3 Switzerland trainer 60[22] retired in 1995
Hawker Hunter United Kingdom conversion trainer T.68 7[22] retired in 1994
de Havilland Vampire United Kingdom jet trainer T.55 35[22] retired in 1990
Pilatus P-2 Switzerland trainer 55[55] in service from 1945 to 1981
Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal United States Target UAV 10 retired in 1965
Bücker Bü 131 Germany trainer 94[56] in service from 1936 to 1971
North American Harvard Canada trainer IIB 40[57] in service from 1948 to 1968
Bücker Bü 133 Germany trainer 52[56] in service from 1937 to 1968
Focke-Wulf Germany trainer 1[58] in service from 1945 to 1953
Nardi FN.315 Italy trainer 2[59] in service from 1944 to 1948
Dewoitine D.26 France trainer 11[26] in service from 1931 to 1948
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 France trainer 2[60] in service from 1931 to 1941
Nieuport 28 France trainer 5[61] in service from 1917 to 1921
UAV
RUAG Ranger ADS 90 Switzerland surveillance ? in service from 1988 to 1999
RUAG Ranger ADS 95 Switzerland surveillance 28 in service from 1999 to 2019

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