File image of A U.S. Air Force throughout the Air2030 analysis.(Photo: Armasuisse) With the offer currently defined, 36 F-35s will certainly be supplied starting from 2027. The Swiss Government validated that the purchase program for the F-35 Lightning II has actually lastly been joined Sept. 19, 2022. The agreement, with a worth of 6.2 billion …
Swiss Air Force
It’s Official Now: Switzerland Has Chosen The F-35 As The Next Swiss Air Force Fighter
An F-35A from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Four aircraft from Hill deployed to Payerne in 2019 for Air2030 selection. (Image credit: Claudio Tramontin). The Swiss Federal Council announced Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is the aircraft selected from its New Fighter Aircraft competition. It won against the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and the Boeing …
Swiss PC-21 Trainers Deploy For Training Exchange With The Italian Air Force
File photo of two PC-21s during a training mission in Switzerland. (Photo: Pilatus/Swiss Air Force) Six Swiss PC-21 trainers will stay for ten days in southern Italy to train with the 61st Wing, their Italian counterpart for jet pilot training. The Swiss Air Force is taking part in a 10-day training exchange with the Italian …
Citing “Insiders” Swiss Public Television Says The F-35 Has Won The Swiss Air Force Fighter Jet Evaluation
One of the F-35A of the U.S. Air Force that took part in the evaluation of the Swiss Air Force at Payerne Air Base, Switzerland. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) According to a Swiss public television report the Lockheed Martin F-35 is well ahead of its competitors in the race for the next Swiss Air Force …
Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger Aircraft Crashes In Central Switzerland. Pilot Successfully Ejects.
File photo of J-3089 arriving at the 2016 Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, UK. (Image credit: Adrian Pingstone) Impressive photographs showing the pilot ejecting from the Swiss Air Force F-5 before the crash have been published on social media. A Northrop F-5E Tiger II jet of the Swiss Air Force crashed around 09.00AM LT …
Swiss F/A-18D Hornet Sports Markings For MQM-178 Target Drone Kill With AIM-120C-7 During Tests in Sweden
The F/A-18D J-5233 taxies at Meiringen on Sept. 14, 2020. (Image credit: The Aviationist/Alessandro Fucito) In September 2018, the Swiss Air Force sent two of its Hornets, from Emmen, Switzerland, to Vidsel Air Base, Sweden, for a testing campaign with the AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile). From Sept. 20 to Oct. …