List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

Patrouille Suisse F-5E Tiger II

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

Aircraft

Current inventory

AircraftOriginType# usedService
date		Notes
Beechcraft 1900 US VIP transport 1[1] 2007
Beechcraft B300C King Air US photomapping/transport 1[1] 1993 assists Office of Topography
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel US VIP transport 1[2] 2005 will be replaced by Pilatus PC-24 in 2017[3] [4]
Dassault Falcon 900EX France VIP transport 1[5] 2013
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada photomapping/transport 1[1] 1976 assists Office of Topography[6]
Eurocopter AS332M1 Super Puma[7] France utility/SAR helicopter 15[1] 1987
Eurocopter AS532 UL Cougar[8] France utility/SAR helicopter 11[1] 2001
Eurocopter EC635 P2+ France utility/VIP helicopter 20[1] 2008 18 EC635 and 2 EC635VIP[9]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet US multirole 26[1] 1996
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet US conversion trainer 5[10] 1996
Northrop F-5E Tiger II US fighter 41[1] 1978 Patrouille Suisse uses 12
Northrop F-5F Tiger II US conversion trainer 12[1] 1976 air policing and EW
Pilatus PC-6 Porter Switzerland transport/utility 15[1] 1976 [note 1]
Pilatus PC-7 Switzerland trainer 29[1] 1982 PC-7 Team uses 9
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland trainer 8[1] 1988 Target-towing and EW.
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland primary trainer 8[1] 2007
RUAG Ranger Switzerland surveillance UAV 15[11] 1988 28 ADS-95 & 8 ADS-90 delivered
Elbit Hermes 900 Israel surveillance UAV 0[12] 2019 6 per 2019
KZD-85 Switzerland target UAV 30[13] 1985

Retired

AircraftOriginType# UsedService
Period		Notes
Aérospatiale Alouette IIFrancehelicopter utility/SAR 301958–1992[14][15]
Aérospatiale Alouette IIIFrancehelicopter utility/liaison 841964–2010[14][note 2][16]
Airco DH.9UKbomber 31922–1929[17]
Airco DH.9AUKbomber 11920–1929[17]
Albatros D.III OeffagAustriafighter 11920–1921[18]
Aviatik C.IGermanyreconnaissance11914–1917[19]
Aviatik C.IIIGermanyreconnaissance11917–1919[19]
Aviatik TaubeGermanyreconnaissance11915–1915[19]
BAE Hawk 66UKtrainer 191989–2008[20][note 3][21]
Beechcraft Model 18UStransport 31948–1969[22]
Beechcraft Twin BonanzaUScommunications 31957–1989[14]
BFW M 18Germanytransport 41929–1954[23]
Blériot XI-BFrancetrainer 21914–1919[24]
Bücker Bü 131Germanytrainer 941936–1971[25]
Bücker Bü 133Germanytrainer 521937–1968[25]
Bücker Bü 181Germanytrainer 71945–1956[25]
Comte AC-1Switzerlandfighter 11928–1939[26]
Comte AC-4Switzerlandliaison 11931–1938[27]
Comte AC-11-VSwitzerlandliaison 11943–1945[28]
Dassault Falcon 50FranceVIP 11996–2013[29][note 4]
Dassault Mirage IIISFrancefighter 361966–1999[14][30]
Dassault Mirage IIIBS/DSFranceconversion trainer 41964–2003[14][30]
Dassault Mirage IIIRSFrancereconnaissance 181965–1999[14][30]
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV & VUKbomber 21944–1954[31]
de Havilland Vampire F.1, FB.6, NF.10UKfighter-bomber 1821946–1990[32]
de Havilland Vampire T.55UKtrainer 391953–1990[14][33]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54UKfighter-bomber 2261954–1984[34]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54UKreconnaissance 321956–1987[34]
Dewoitine D.1Francefighter 21925–1939[35]
Dewoitine D.9Francefighter 31928–1940[35]
Dewoitine D.19Francefighter 31926–1940[35]
Dewoitine D.26Francetrainer 111931–1948[35]
Dewoitine D.27Francefighter 661928–1944[35]
DFW C.VGermanyreconnaissance 21918–1922[36][note 5]
Dornier Do 27H-2Germanycommunications 71958–2008[14][37]
Dufaux 4Francetrainer 11910–1910[38]
Dufaux 5Francetrainer 11910–1911[39]
EFW N-20 AiguillonSwitzerlandfighter11948–1952[40]
EKW C-35Switzerlandreconnaissance 1601937–1954[41]
EKW C-36Switzerlandreconnaissance 1601942–1987[42]
Eurocopter AS365 DauphinFrancehelicopter VIP 11984–2009[43]
Fairey Fox VI.RUKreconnaissance 21937–1945[44]
Farman MF.11 (Shorthorn)Francetrainer 11915–1916[45]
Farman HF.20Francetrainer 21914–1918[45]
FFA P-16Switzerlandfighter/bomber 31955–1958[note 6][46]
Fieseler Fi 156Germanyobservation 51940–1963[47]
Focke-Wulf Fw 44Germanytrainer 11945–1953[48]
Fokker C.V-ENetherlandsreconnaissance 641927–1954[49]
Grandjean L & L-1Switzerlandtrainer21914–1915[50]
Häfeli DH-1Switzerlandreconnaissance 61916–1919[51]
Häfeli DH-2Switzerlandtrainer61916–1922[51]
Häfeli DH-3Switzerlandreconnaissance1091917–1939[51]
Häfeli DH-4Switzerlandfighter11918–1918[51]
Häfeli DH-5Switzerlandreconnaissance801922–1940[51]
Halberstadt C.VGermanyreconnaissance11920–1921[52]
Hanriot HD.1Francefighter 161921–1930[53]
Hawker HindUKbomber/trainer11936–1945[54]
Hawker Hunter FB.58UKfighter-bomber 1251958–1994[14][55]
Hawker Hunter T.68UKconversion trainer 71974–1994[14][56]
Hiller UH-12UShelicopter observation 31952–1962[57]
Junkers Ju 52Germanytransport 31939–1981[58]
Learjet 35USVIP 21987–2006[14]
LVG C.IIIGermanyreconnaissance 21914–1916[59]
LVG C.IVGermanyreconnaissance 211920–1929[59]
Messerschmitt Bf 108Germanycommunications 181938–1959[60]
Messerschmitt Bf 109Germanyfighter 1291939–1949[61]
Militär-Apparat MA-7Switzerlandfighter 11926–1926[62]
Morane-Saulnier HFrancetrainer 21914–1919[63]
Morane-Saulnier LFrancetrainer 21915–1919[63]
Morane-Saulnier MS.229Francetrainer 21931–1939[63]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406/D-3800Francefighter 3051939–1959[63][note 7]
Nardi FN.315Italytrainer 21944–1948[64]
Nieuport 23Francetrainer 51917–1921[65]
Nieuport 28Francefighter 151918–1930[66]
Nord NorécrinFranceliaison 11948–1954[67]
Nord NC.850 NorvigieFranceliaison 11949–1950
North American P-51 MustangUSfighter 1311949–1957[68]
North American Harvard II.BCanadatrainer 401948–1968[note 8][69]
Pilatus P-2Switzerlandtrainer 551945–1981[70]
Pilatus P-3Switzerlandtrainer 601956–1995[14]
Pilatus PC-6 H2MSwitzerlandtransport 121967–1981[71][note 9]
Piper PA-18 Super CubUSobservation 61948–1975[72]
Potez 25Franceobservation 171927–1940[73]
Potez 63 & 633Francebomber 21938–1944[74]
Rumpler C.IVGermanyreconnaissance11920–1921[75]
Rumpler C.VIIGermanyreconnaissance11920–1920[75]
Sablatnig P.IIIGermanytransport 11922–1929[76]
Siebel Si 204Germanytransport 11945–1955[77]
Siemens-Schuckert D.IIGermanyfighter 11918–1922[78]
Stinson L-5 SentinelUSliaison 11944–1945[79]
Sud-Ouest DjinnFrancehelicopter trainer 41958–1964[80]
SWS C-1Switzerlandfighter 11919–1920[81]
Voisin 5 LASFrancebomber/trainer 11915–1919[82]
Wild WT/WTSSwitzerlandtrainer 111915-1934[note 10][83]
Wild WT-1/WT-1SSwitzerlandtrainer 331916-1934[84]
Zeppelin C.IIGermanyreconnaissance 221920–1927[85]

Notes

  1. ↑ Turboprop STOL aircraft
  2. ↑ replaced by Eurocopter EC635
  3. ↑ 18 sold to Finland
  4. ↑ replaced by Falcon 900EX
  5. ↑ DFW built by Halberstadt
  6. ↑ Cancelled in favour of Hawker Hunter after crash, two civil registered airframes also built.
  7. ↑ includes Morane D-3800 and developments built in Switzerland.
  8. ↑ Built in Canada by Noorduyn.
  9. ↑ Piston-engine powered variant
  10. ↑ Total includes 1 "special" variant

References

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  30. 1 2 3 "Mirage lll". Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German). old.hermannkeist.ch. Retrieved June 2015.
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  34. 1 2 "De Havilland D.H. 112 Venom". Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German). old.hermannkeist.ch. Retrieved June 2015.
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  44. ↑ "Fairey Fox Mk Vl", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
  45. 1 2 "Farman", Ausgemusterte Flugzeuge (in German)
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