Switzerland
Stunning Swiss Air Force Hornet photos
A selection of stunning photos of Swiss Air Force F/A-18 Hornets from Peter Lewis and Aldo Wicki.
Swiss Air Force Yorknite 2024 deployment dates
The Swiss Air Force has confirmed to Key.Aero the dates of its annual night flying Yorknite deployment to RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.
Is there a future for Hunter flying in Switzerland?
Another example of the Hawker fighter has been grounded — and only one other may fly again as Swiss classic jet scene dwindles
Switzerland bids fond farewell to world's only civil-operated Mirage IIIDS
The end of an era was marked at Payerne Air Base in Switzerland on May 25, when former Swiss Air Force-operated Dassault Mirage IIIDS (ex-serial J-2012, now registered as HB-RDF) – the only airworthy, civil-registered example of the fighter in the world – completed its final flight
SWISS: an operator’s perspective on the A220 and A320neo Family
As launch customer for the A220 and now with a burgeoning fleet of A320neo Family aircraft, Swiss International Air Lines is well placed to provide an operator’s perspective on Airbus’s latest generation narrowbodies. Airliner World’s Craig West spoke with short-haul fleet chief Daniel Rodmanis to get the carrier’s take on these aircraft
Bern Airport released
Orbx has announced LSZB Bern Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now.
Swiss Air Force retires fleet of Pilatus PC-9 target tugs
The Swiss Air Force has withdrawn its last Pilatus PC-9. AirForces Monthly reflects on its illustrious career and the end of its aerial target-towing operations
Airworthy de Havilland Vampire under maintenance
Airworthy de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.6 J-1197 (HB-RVN) is currently undergoing an extensive inspection.
Switzerland signs procurement contract for 36 F-35As
Swiss plans to acquire a fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters marked a significant step forward on September 19, when Switzerland’s federal office for defence procurement, armasuisse, announced that the procurement contract for 36 aircraft had been signed
The rise and fall of Swissair
Two decades on from the alpine airline giant’s collapse, Keith Otto profiles the history of a European heavyweight once considered to be as reliable as a Swiss watch and as financially stable as a Swiss bank