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

Aircraft※

Current inventory※

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 6 assigned——to the Patrouille Suisse
F/A-18 Hornet United States multirole F/A-18C 25
F-35 Lightning II United States stealth multirole F-35A 0 36 on order - F/A-18 replacement
Transport
Pilatus PC-6 Switzerland utility / transport 14 STOL capable aircraft
Bombardier Challenger 600 Canada VIP / MEDEVAC CL604 2
Dassault Falcon 900 France VIP 900EX 1
Cessna Citation Excel United States VIP 560XL 1
Super King Air United States Transport/photomapping 300C 1 operated for the Swiss Office of Topography
DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada photomapping 1 operated for the Swiss Office of Topography
Pilatus PC-12 Switzerland FLORAKO test flights / transport 1 Armasuisse
Diamond DA42 Twin Star Austria/United States Test aircraft MPP Centaur OPA 1 Armasuisse
Helicopters
AĂ©rospatiale AS 332M1 Super Puma France utility / SAR TH06 15
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar France utility / SAR AS532UL 10
Eurocopter EC635 France utility / VIP EC635 P2+ 20 2 configured for VIP
Trainer Aircraft
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer 27
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland primary trainer 7
F-5 Tiger II United States conversion trainer F-5F 5
F/A-18 Hornet United States conversion trainer F/A-18D 5
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland target tug/trainer PC-9/F 4
UAV
KZD-85 Switzerland Target drone 41 in service from 1985
Elbit Hermes 900 Israel surveillance 2 4 on order

Retired※

A Messerschmitt 109 on display at the flight museum in DĂĽbendorf, 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 retired in 1999
P-51 Mustang United States fighter 131 in service from 1949 to 1957
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 France fighter 322 in service from 1939 to 1956
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Germany fighter 129 in service from 1939 to 1949
Dewoitine D.27 France fighter 66 in service from 1928 to 1944
Hanriot HD.1 France fighter 16 in service from 1921 to 1930
Nieuport 28 France fighter 15 in service from 1918 to 1930
Potez 25 France bomber 2 in service from 1938 to 1944
de Havilland Mosquito United Kingdom bomber 2 in service from 1944 to 1954
de Havilland Vampire United Kingdom fighter-bomber 182 in service from 1946 to 1990
de Havilland Venom United Kingdom fighter-bomber F.50/54 226 in service from 1954 to 1984
Hawker Hunter United Kingdom fighter-bomber TF.58 125 retired from service 1994
Reconnaissance
ADS-95 Switzerland Reconnaissance UAV 28 (2crashed) Retired November 2019
Mirage III France reconnaissance IIIRS 18 retired in 1999
de Havilland Venom United Kingdom reconnaissance F.50/54 32 in service from 1956 to 1987
EKW C-36 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 in service from 1942 to 1987
Fokker C.V Netherlands reconnaissance 64 in service from 1927 to 1954
EKW C-35 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 in service from 1937 to 1954
Häfeli DH-5 Switzerland reconnaissance 80 in service from 1922 to 1940
Häfeli DH-3 Switzerland reconnaissance 109 in service from 1917 to 1939
Häfeli DH-1 Switzerland reconnaissance 6 in service from 1916 to 1919
Piper Super Cub United States observation 6 in service from 1948 to 1975
Fieseler Fi 156 Germany observation 5 in service from 1940 to 1963
Potez 25 France observation 17 in service from 1927 to 1940
Dornier Do 27 Germany communications 3 retired in 2005
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany communications 18 in service from 1938 to 1959
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza United States communications 3 in service from 1957 to 1989
Transport
Dassault Falcon 50 France VIP 1 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 in service from 1987 to 2006
Junkers Ju 52 Germany transport 3 in service from 1939 to 1981
Beechcraft Expeditor United States transport 3 in service from 1948 to 1969
Siebel Si 204 Germany transport 1 in service from 1945 to 1955
Messerschmitt M 18 Germany transport 4 in service from 1929 to 1954
Pilatus PC-24 Switzerland VIP PC-24 1 in service from 2019 to 2022
Helicopters
AS365 Dauphin France VIP 1 retired in 2009
AĂ©rospatiale Alouette II France utility / SAR 30
AĂ©rospatiale Alouette III France utility / liaison 76 replaced by the Eurocopter EC635
Sud-Ouest Djinn France light utility 4 in service from 1958 to 1964
Hiller UH-12 United States observation 3 in service from 1952 -1962
Trainer Aircraft
BAE Hawk United Kingdom primary trainer Hawk 66 19 18 surviving aircraft sold to Finland in 2008
Mirage III France conversion trainer IIIBS/DS 2/2 retired in 2003
Pilatus P-3 Switzerland trainer 60 retired in 1995
Hawker Hunter United Kingdom conversion trainer T.68 7 retired in 1994
de Havilland Vampire United Kingdom jet trainer T.55 35 retired in 1990
Pilatus P-2 Switzerland trainer 55 in service from 1945 to 1981
Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal United States Target UAV 10 retired in 1965
BĂĽcker BĂĽ 131 Germany trainer 94 in service from 1936 to 1971
North American Harvard Canada trainer IIB 40 in service from 1948 to 1968
BĂĽcker BĂĽ 133 Germany trainer 52 in service from 1937 to 1968
Focke-Wulf Germany trainer 1 in service from 1945 to 1953
Nardi FN.315 Italy trainer 2 in service from 1944 to 1948
Dewoitine D.26 France trainer 11 in service from 1931 to 1948
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 France trainer 2 in service from 1931 to 1941
Nieuport 28 France trainer 5 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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