Swiss Air Force aircraft squadrons

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In the Swiss Air Force, an aircraft usually isn't deployed permanently to a given Squadron, which is especially true of the [militia] squadrons who are not permanently in service. Aircraft are used across several squadrons. Even the aircraft related to the Squadron, such as the F/A-18C J-5017 from 17 Squadron, will be used by other squadrons. Older aircraft will often be retired from front-line service to support squadrons, for example, the Hawker Hunter from a fighter-bomber to a target tug. Two full-scale Hugo Wolf F/A-18C simulators, tail numbers X-5098 and X-5099, are non-flying training simulators for ground crew and not part of any squadron.

ImageNameStatusHome baseAircraft typeHistoryNotes
Staffeln Details 06.JPG Fliegerstaffel 1 RokhInactive Dübendorf Air Base F-5E Hawker Hunter, DH-100 Vampire, C-3036, Fokker C.V, Häfeli DH-5 Commander of the Patrouille Suisse was Member of FlSt1. The Patrouille Suisse was Created from parts of the FlSt1 [1]
FlSt2old.jpg Fliegerstaffel 2 Inactive Payerne Air Base F-5E Hawker Hunter, DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire,AFB Ulrichen, Turtmann [2]
Fliegerstaffel 3 Inactive Sion Airport Mirage IIIRS Hawker Hunter, DH-112 Venom Recon vers, D-3800, C-3603, Dewoitine D.27 [3]
Swiss Air Force Squadron 4 Emblem.JPG Fliegerstaffel 4 Inactive Payerne Air Base Mirage IIIRS Hawker Hunter, DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire AFB Turtmann, Sankt Stephan [4]
Swiss Air Force 5 Squadron Emblem.JPG Fliegerstaffel 5 LynxInactive Interlaken Hawker Hunter DH-100 Vampire, Häfeli DH-5 Swiss Astronaut Claude Nicollier Pilot at this Sqd
CP.AV.6.JPG Fliegerstaffel 6 Ducksactive Payerne Air Base F-5E [5] [6]
Swiss Air Force 7 Squadron Emblem.JPG Fliegerstaffel 7 Inactive Meiringen air base Hawker Hunter DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire, Me109, Fokker C.V,AFB Ambri, Interlaken [7]
Staffeln Details 03.JPG Fliegerstaffel 8 Destructorsactive Meiringen air base F-5E AFBBuochs Airport [8]
Fliegerstaffel 9 Inactive DH-112 Venom DH-100 Vampire, Me109,D-3801, Dewoitine D.27, Fokker C.V [9]
Fliegerstaffel 10 Inactive Buochs Airport Dassault Mirage IIIRS DH-112 Venom recon, DH-100 Vampire, C-3603, P-51 Mustang all equipped with Photocameras [10] [11] [12]
Staffeln Details 07.JPG Fliegerstaffel 11 Tigersactive Meiringen air base F/A-18 Dübendorf Air Base, F-5E, Hawker Hunter, DH-100 Vampire, D-3801 Member of the NATO Tiger Association, [13] F/A-18C J-5011 Squad Aircraft with special paint [14]
FlSt12new.jpg Zielflugstaffel 12 active Emmen Air Base Pilatus PC-9/ F-5E Hawker Hunter, C-36 [15]
Staffeln Details 05.JPG Fliegerstaffel 13 Inactive Payerne Air Base F-5E DH-112 Venom, D-3800 Morane, Trurtmann AFB, Meiringen air base Ambri [16]
Instrumentenfliegerstaffel 14 active Locarno Pilatus PC-7 DH-100 Vampire Pilatus P-3 [17]
Swiss Air Force 15 Squadron Emblem 4080.JPG Fliegerstaffel 15 Inactive Sankt Stephan Hawker Hunter DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire, D-3801, Me109, Payerne Air Base in the last year a Hunter got a "Papyrus" paint this AC is now private used [18]
Mirage III FlSt16.jpg Fliegerstaffel 16 active Sion Airport F-5F Mirage IIIS, DH-112 Venom & DH-112 R1, DH-100 Vampire, P-51 Mustang C-3603, C-36, Fokker C.V, Buochs Airport
Mirage IIIS FlSt -17.jpg Fliegerstaffel 17 Falconsactive Payerne Air Base F/A-18 Mirage IIIS, DH-112 Venom, D-3802, C-3603, Häfeli DH-5 Dewoitine D.27 AFB Buochs Emmen, Raron Sqd Aircraft F/A-18C J-5017 with "Falcons" Paint [19] [20]
Staffeln Details 02.JPG Fliegerstaffel 18 Panthersactive Payerne Air Base F/A-18 Sqd Aircraft F/A-18C J-5018 with "Phanters" Paint [21]
19 Sqn Swiss Air Force.JPG Fliegerstaffel 19 Swansactive Sion Airport F-5E Potez 25,Morane D-3800 P-51 Mustang, DH-112 Venom, Hawker Hunter [22]
Swiss Air Force Squadron 20 Emblem.jpg Fliegerstaffel 20 Inactive Mollis Hawker Hunter DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire, P-51 Mustang, D-3801 [23]
Swiss Air Force 21 Squadron Emblem.JPG Fliegerstaffel 21 Inactive Raron Hawker Hunter DH-112 Venom, DH-100 Vampire, P-51 Mustang, Dewoitine D.27, Me109,AFB Buochs, Turtmann, Dübendorf [24] [25]
Staffel 24.JPG Fliegerstaffel 24 active Emmen Air Base Pilatus PC-9 / F-5F Hawker Hunter TrainerSqd 22 and 23 don't exist
Lufttransportstaffel 1 active Payerne Air Base AS 532UL, AS 332M-1, EC635 Alouette III [26]
Alouette3 alpnachLT2.jpg Lufttransportstaffel 2 Inactive Dübendorf Air Base Alouette III Aérospatiale Alouette II, Piper Super Cub, AFB Triengen [27]
Emblem LT3.jpg Lufttransportstaffel 3 active AS 532UL, AS 332M-1, EC635 [28]
Emblem LT4.jpg Lufttransportstaffel 4 active Dübendorf Air Base AS 532UL, AS 332M-1, EC635, B190, DHC-6, B350 Superpuma T-316 with Squadronpainting
Lufttransportstaffel 5 active Dübendorf Air Base AS 532UL, AS 332M-1, EC635 Alouette III Dornier Do 27 Aérospatiale Alouette II
Lufttransportstaffel 6 active Alpnach AS 532UL, AS 332M-1 EC635 [29]
PC-6Abzeichen.JPG Lufttransportstaffel 7 active Emmen Air Base Pilatus PC-6 [30]
Lufttransport Staffel8.jpg Lufttransportstaffel 8 active Alpnach AS 532UL, AS 332M-1 EC635 Aérospatiale Alouette III [31] [www.lufttransportstaffel8.ch]

Other aircraft units

ImageNameStatusHomebaseAircrafttypeHistoryNotes
Alouette3 BFK.jpg Berufsfliegerkorps active Dübendorf Air Base HQall AC typesformer UeG Überwachungsgeschwader [32]
Emblem LTDB.jpg Lufttransportdienst des Bundes active Bern Airport Cessna Citation Excel, DHC-6, B350, B1900, Falcon 900, EC635 Learjet 35, Falcon 50, Eurocopter Dauphin [33]
Pilotenschuleactive Emmen Air Base Pilatus PC-21 F-5F, BAE Hawk, DH-100 VampireT
Badge Drohnenstaffel.jpg Drohnenstaffel 7 active Emmen Air Base ADS-95
Grd badge.jpg GRD Armasuisse active Emmen Air Base Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter, Pilatus PC-12, Diamond DA42 Aurora Centauer Hawker Hunter, Mirage IIIC, F-5E(J-3001)Flight test Service
Patrouille Suisse active Emmen Air Base F-5E Hawker Hunter AFB Dübendorf Created from parts of the Fliegerstaffel 1 [34]
PC-7 Team active Dübendorf Air Base Pilatus PC-7 [35]
MHR Alouette.jpg MHR Militär-Helikopter-Rettungsdienst Inactive Alouette III SAR, Today made by the civil Rega (air rescue)
ADDCactive Dübendorf Air Base Air Force HQ, Air Operations Centre, Air Defence& Directions Center
Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 active Locarno MT-1Para reccon

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Lufttransport Staffel 7

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Fliegerstaffel 5

Fliegerstaffel 5 was a unit of the Swiss Air Force. It belonged to the Überwachungsgeschwader with professional military pilots. It was equipped with the Hawker Hunter. Its home base was Interlaken Air Base. Fliegerstaffel 5 carried as a coat of arms a black lynx with yellow eyes, which stretched its right paw with claws. From his mouth came red flames, which went into the background. The badge was round and had a white base. Under the lynx was written in black 5éme escadrille. Later, the badge was changed into a shield-shaped coat-of-arms with a stylized lynx head, often mistaken as a dragon head.

Fliegerstaffel 6

The Fliegerstaffel 6 of the Swiss Air Force is a militia squadron equipped with Northrop F-5E and is together with the Fliegerstaffel 18 part of the Fliegergeschwader 14. The home base of the Fliegerstaffel 6 is Payerne Air Base. As coat of arms, the Fliegerstaffel 6 carried since 1940 a marching duck, with a proudly swollen breast carrying a halberd. The "Jusqu'au bout" motto means until the bitter end. Before this badge, it was first a six-pointed star with a witch on her flying broom.

Fliegerstaffel 8

Fliegerstaffel 8 «Vandalos» is a Swiss Air Force militia squadron, equipped with Northrop F-5E and forms Fliegergeschwader 13 with Fliegerstaffel 11. The home base of the unit is Meiringen Air Base. As coat of arms, the Fliegerstaffel 8 carries as a red sawfish, floating through the lower opening of a black number 8 on a white ground. The sawfish is called Vandalo .

Fliegerstaffel 11 (Tigers) of the Swiss Air Force is a Berufsfliegerkorps squadron equipped with F/A-18 combat jets and, together with Fliegerstaffel 8, is part of Fliegergeschwader 13. The home base of Fliegerstaffel 11 is Meiringen Air Base. Fliegerstaffel 11 is a full member of the NATO Tiger Association and carries a coat of arms depicting a Tiger head on a black background and the wordmark Staffel 11 below the tiger head as its crest.

Zielflugstaffel 12

Zielflugstaffel 12, former known as Fliegerstaffel 12 of the Swiss Air Force is a militia squadron equipped with Northrop F-5E and Pilatus PC-9 and part of the Flugplatzkommando 7. The home base of the unit is Militärflugplatz Emmen. As coat of arms, the Zielflugstaffel carries a badge with a yellow and black target pattern, a bullseye and the writing “ Zfl St 12”.

Fliegerstaffel 13

Fliegerstaffel 13 of the Swiss Air Force was equipped with Northrop F-5 flown by militia pilots when disbanded in 2000. Their home base at the dissolution was Payerne Air Base. Fliegerstaffel 13 wore a shield-shaped insignia with a blue outer edge, showing an eagle with wings spread out and open claws ready to capture its prey, against a white background, with the red number 13 in front of the upper wing. The old emblem was round with an orange background and black border. It showed the stylized side view of a black wasp looking in the direction of the viewer; over its head was the number 13.

Fliegerstaffel 15

The late Fliegerstaffel 15 of the Swiss Air Force was active until 1994 and equipped with Hawker Hunter aircraft. The home base of their last service was the airfield at St. Stephan. The Fliegerstaffel 15 carried as their coat of arms a paper aircraft on a blue ground with a red "15". The old badge of the FlSt15 was a black bird of prey with white background and two red circles.

Fliegerstaffel 16

The Fliegerstaffel 16 of the Swiss Air Force was last equipped with Northrop F-5 F aircraft. Their home base was Sion Airport. The Fliegerstaffel 16 had a shield-shaped coat of arms showing the side view of a black dragon with a red eye, red claws, and a red firebeam in front of the white digit 16 and a dark blue background. The old badge was the same, but in round design.

Fliegerstaffel 17

Fliegerstaffel 17 "Falcons" of the Swiss Air Force is a Berufsfliegerkorps squadron of professional pilots flying McDonnell Douglas F/A-18. Together with Fliegerstaffel 6 it forms Fliegergeschwader 11. The home base of the squadron is Payerne Air Base. Fliegerstaffel 17 features a red falcon on a white ground with the black number 17 as its coat of arms.

Fliegerstaffel 18

Fliegerstaffel 18 «Panthers» of the Swiss Air Force is a Berufsfliegerkorps squadron equipped with McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 and forms Fliegergeschwader 14 together with Fliegerstaffel 19. The home base of the Fliegerstaffel 18 is Payerne Air Base. The Fliegerstaffel 18 carries a Black Panther against a green backdrop as its coat of arms.

Fliegerstaffel 20

Fliegerstaffel 20 was a Swiss Air Force squadron equipped with Hawker Hunter aircraft. Their home base at the dissolution was the military airfield at Mollis. The squadron carried as its coat of arms a black Bison on a yellow background. The writing “Fl St 20” below the Bison appeared during the squadron's history.

Fliegerstaffel 21

Fliegerstaffel 21 was a Swiss Air Force squadron equipped with Hawker Hunter aircraft at the dissolution in 1994. Their home base was at the Raron Military Airfield. As a coat of arms, Fliegerstaffel 21 carried a white beaver, firing two guns while riding a red shark. On the shark is the black digit 21.

Fliegerstaffel 24

The Fliegerstaffel 24 fighter squadron 24 of the Swiss Air Force was a former standalone squadron, which is now the ECM (German:EKF) part of the Zielflugstaffel 12. It is a militia squadron and belongs to the airfield command 7. Its home base is the Militärflugplatz Emmen. The Fliegerstaffel 24 carries as coat of arms an eagle in front of a light blue background, holding a lightning bolt in the right claw, in the background is a red-orange number 24 and above the coat of arms is a red-orange area with the black writing "Fliegerstaffel".

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