Like every year in mid-November, our Hornets migrates to the north for regular nightflying exercises above the training areas of the north sea. It began with Sweden and Norge, since a couple of years it's now in the UK Yorkshire area with the RAF Leeming as host.
Some photos from earlier exercises out of my archive
Finally - our main base published also the planned activity for 2021 👍
Most of Swiss Air Force's Air policing missions - called Luftpolizeidienst LPD24 / Service de police aérienne 24 (PA24) / Servizio di polizia aerea 24 (PA24) in german/french/italian - where flown out of Payerne. Since December 31st, 2020 those missions are 24/365 'round the clock possible, callsign on radio is HAMMER.
-> note the info concerning rescheduled flight times for the week of January 18-21 at the end
Special events 2021
January
04 Begin of regular training activity 2021
February
22-05 Pilot School on PC-21 (normally based in Emmen)
March
22-02 Swiss Hornet Display training weeks
April
05-16 Patrouille Suisse training weeks (mostly out of Emmen), trainings in Bellechasse and Payerne planned
30-01 100 years Payerne airfield - public day Mai 1st
Mai
10-28 Repetition course CR av 11
June
07-11 Flightweek with Mirage IIIDS of Clind'Ailes Museum
21-16 Instruction week / runway closed (aircrafts out of Emmen)
July
19-23 Flightweek with Mirage IIIDS of Clind'Ailes Museum
September
13-17 Flightweek with Mirage IIIDS of Clind'Ailes Museum
20-08 exercice Nighthawk (helicopter)
October
04-29 test weeks with the new ADS 15 drone system
11-29 Repetition course CR av 14 / TA 1
November
22-10 Helicopter exercise in Vidsel (SE) 15-26
29-10 Yorknite exercise (Night flight Training, UK), Meiringen crews the two weeks before
December
16 End of regular training activity 2021
-> info concerning rescheduled flight times for the week of January 18-21
There where some important changes to the regular combat jet flight times (0830-1200/1330-1700h LT) during this week: 1000-1200/1330-1930h LT ! This is a test for possible further use due night flight restrictions in Switzerland. So the normal night flight session on monday eventing 'till 22h LT is also cancelled, training missions of the Air Police on wednesday evening is still valid.
Our Hornets are migrating to the north again - since many years the night flying training campaign is held in Norway and Scotland. Up to ten Hornets will be based on RAF Leeming from November 24th 'til December 18th,2020.
press release - source:
