List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force

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Patrouille Suisse F-5E Tiger II

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

Aircraft

Current inventory

Aircraft Origin Type # used Service
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

Aircraft Origin Type # Used Service
Period
Notes
Aérospatiale Alouette II France helicopter utility/SAR 30 1958–1992 [14][15]
Aérospatiale Alouette III France helicopter utility/liaison 84 1964–2010 [14][note 2][16]
Airco DH.9 UK bomber 3 1922–1929 [17]
Airco DH.9A UK bomber 1 1920–1929 [17]
Albatros D.III Oeffag Austria fighter 1 1920–1921 [18]
Aviatik C.I Germany reconnaissance 1 1914–1917 [19]
Aviatik C.III Germany reconnaissance 1 1917–1919 [19]
Aviatik Taube Germany reconnaissance 1 1915–1915 [19]
BAE Hawk 66 UK trainer 19 1989–2008 [20][note 3][21]
Beechcraft Model 18 US transport 3 1948–1969 [22]
Beechcraft Twin Bonanza US communications 3 1957–1989 [14]
BFW M 18 Germany transport 4 1929–1954 [23]
Blériot XI-B France trainer 2 1914–1919 [24]
Bücker Bü 131 Germany trainer 94 1936–1971 [25]
Bücker Bü 133 Germany trainer 52 1937–1968 [25]
Bücker Bü 181 Germany trainer 7 1945–1956 [25]
Comte AC-1 Switzerland fighter 1 1928–1939 [26]
Comte AC-4 Switzerland liaison 1 1931–1938 [27]
Comte AC-11-V Switzerland liaison 1 1943–1945 [28]
Dassault Falcon 50 France VIP 1 1996–2013 [29][note 4]
Dassault Mirage IIIS France fighter 36 1966–1999 [14][30]
Dassault Mirage IIIBS/DS France conversion trainer 4 1964–2003 [14][30]
Dassault Mirage IIIRS France reconnaissance 18 1965–1999 [14][30]
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV & V UK bomber 2 1944–1954 [31]
de Havilland Vampire F.1, FB.6, NF.10 UK fighter-bomber 182 1946–1990 [32]
de Havilland Vampire T.55 UK trainer 39 1953–1990 [14][33]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54 UK fighter-bomber 226 1954–1984 [34]
de Havilland Venom FB.50, FB.54 UK reconnaissance 32 1956–1987 [34]
Dewoitine D.1 France fighter 2 1925–1939 [35]
Dewoitine D.9 France fighter 3 1928–1940 [35]
Dewoitine D.19 France fighter 3 1926–1940 [35]
Dewoitine D.26 France trainer 11 1931–1948 [35]
Dewoitine D.27 France fighter 66 1928–1944 [35]
DFW C.V Germany reconnaissance 2 1918–1922 [36][note 5]
Dornier Do 27H-2 Germany communications 7 1958–2008 [14][37]
Dufaux 4 France trainer 1 1910–1910 [38]
Dufaux 5 France trainer 1 1910–1911 [39]
EFW N-20 Aiguillon Switzerland fighter 1 1948–1952 [40]
EKW C-35 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 1937–1954 [41]
EKW C-36 Switzerland reconnaissance 160 1942–1987 [42]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin France helicopter VIP 1 1984–2009 [43]
Fairey Fox VI.R UK reconnaissance 2 1937–1945 [44]
Farman MF.11 (Shorthorn) France trainer 1 1915–1916 [45]
Farman HF.20 France trainer 2 1914–1918 [45]
FFA P-16 Switzerland fighter/bomber 3 1955–1958 [note 6][46]
Fieseler Fi 156 Germany observation 5 1940–1963 [47]
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Germany trainer 1 1945–1953 [48]
Fokker C.V-E Netherlands reconnaissance 64 1927–1954 [49]
Grandjean L & L-1 Switzerland trainer 2 1914–1915 [50]
Häfeli DH-1 Switzerland reconnaissance 6 1916–1919 [51]
Häfeli DH-2 Switzerland trainer 6 1916–1922 [51]
Häfeli DH-3 Switzerland reconnaissance 109 1917–1939 [51]
Häfeli DH-4 Switzerland fighter 1 1918–1918 [51]
Häfeli DH-5 Switzerland reconnaissance 80 1922–1940 [51]
Halberstadt C.V Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1921 [52]
Hanriot HD.1 France fighter 16 1921–1930 [53]
Hawker Hind UK bomber/trainer 1 1936–1945 [54]
Hawker Hunter FB.58 UK fighter-bomber 125 1958–1994 [14][55]
Hawker Hunter T.68 UK conversion trainer 7 1974–1994 [14][56]
Hiller UH-12 US helicopter observation 3 1952–1962 [57]
Junkers Ju 52 Germany transport 3 1939–1981 [58]
Learjet 35 US VIP 2 1987–2006 [14]
LVG C.III Germany reconnaissance 2 1914–1916 [59]
LVG C.IV Germany reconnaissance 21 1920–1929 [59]
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany communications 18 1938–1959 [60]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Germany fighter 129 1939–1949 [61]
Militär-Apparat MA-7 Switzerland fighter 1 1926–1926 [62]
Morane-Saulnier H France trainer 2 1914–1919 [63]
Morane-Saulnier L France trainer 2 1915–1919 [63]
Morane-Saulnier MS.229 France trainer 2 1931–1939 [63]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406/D-3800 France fighter 305 1939–1959 [63][note 7]
Nardi FN.315 Italy trainer 2 1944–1948 [64]
Nieuport 23 France trainer 5 1917–1921 [65]
Nieuport 28 France fighter 15 1918–1930 [66]
Nord Norécrin France liaison 1 1948–1954 [67]
Nord NC.850 Norvigie France liaison 1 1949–1950
North American P-51 Mustang US fighter 131 1949–1957 [68]
North American Harvard II.B Canada trainer 40 1948–1968 [note 8][69]
Pilatus P-2 Switzerland trainer 55 1945–1981 [70]
Pilatus P-3 Switzerland trainer 60 1956–1995 [14]
Pilatus PC-6 H2M Switzerland transport 12 1967–1981 [71][note 9]
Piper PA-18 Super Cub US observation 6 1948–1975 [72]
Potez 25 France observation 17 1927–1940 [73]
Potez 63 & 633 France bomber 2 1938–1944 [74]
Rumpler C.IV Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1921 [75]
Rumpler C.VII Germany reconnaissance 1 1920–1920 [75]
Sablatnig P.III Germany transport 1 1922–1929 [76]
Siebel Si 204 Germany transport 1 1945–1955 [77]
Siemens-Schuckert D.II Germany fighter 1 1918–1922 [78]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel US liaison 1 1944–1945 [79]
Sud-Ouest Djinn France helicopter trainer 4 1958–1964 [80]
SWS C-1 Switzerland fighter 1 1919–1920 [81]
Voisin 5 LAS France bomber/trainer 1 1915–1919 [82]
Wild WT/WTS Switzerland trainer 11 1915-1934 [note 10][83]
Wild WT-1/WT-1S Switzerland trainer 33 1916-1934 [84]
Zeppelin C.II Germany reconnaissance 22 1920–1927 [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

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