Switzerland requests AIM-120C-7s

Switzerland has requested the purchase of 150 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) along with associated support, training and telemetry units from the United States. The estimated cost is $358 million with the Swiss Air Force intending to use the missiles with its fleet of F/A-18 Hornets.

Swiss Air Force orders more PC-21s

Pilatus Aircraft will deliver two more PC-21 turboprop trainers to the Swiss Air Force. The follow-on order will increase the Swiss Air Force's PC-21 fleet to eight aircraft, with deliveries scheduled for 2012.

Swiss AF retires its last Alouette IIIs

After 46 years of service and 300,000 flight hours, the Swiss Air Force has retired the Alouette III light helicopter, with the last flypast taking place on 10th December at the type's base at Alpnach.

Swiss air force picks new colours for PC-21 fleet

After determining that its existing red and white livery has limitations under some weather conditions, the Swiss air force is to adopt a new colour scheme for its Pilatus PC-21 trainers. The new paint scheme is mostly red with a small white pinstripe almost identical to the colours used by Pilatus on its development aircraft

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How Berne got its sums wrong on F-5 replacement

A Swiss Ministry of Defence report has stated that the original cost estimate to replace the Swiss AF's F-5s with newer aircraft was off by up to 50% from the actual cost. The decision to purchase new fighters will be put off to no later than 2015.

Swiss to transfer ten Alouette helicopters to Pakistan

The Swiss government has acceded to a Pakistani request to transfer ten retired Swiss Air Force Aerospatiale Alouette III utility helicopters to the Pakistani Air Force. The first helicopter will be flown to Pakistan in September aboard a Pakistan Air Force transport aircraft.

Swiss Air Force delays fighter purchase

Switzerland on Wednesday postponed its search for new air force fighter jets to "no later than 2015", just weeks before it was expected to announce a decision on the multibillion dollar tender to replace its ageing Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs.