a flight with the SWISS AIR FORCE

Enjoying the wonderful scenery from above, I did'nt suspect any harm ... but what a surprise !

The flight started on Swiss Air Force's Main Base in Payerne (LSMP), so let's take a seat.

Leaving Payerne on Runway 25, our Beech turned left and gaining height. City of Payerne still visible.

After overflying my home we can already see the area of Belp and Gürbetal.

The majestic Peaks of the Bernese Oberland, with Eiger (3970m) and Axalp Shooting Range pictured from above the Entlebuch area.

A little point is approaching - we where intercepted by an Hornet !

The Pilot is trying to contact our pilotes and rocking it's wings

 

Last warning before shooting - FLARES !

But our Pilots saw the danger and we where taken to a new direction. Deep down you can see St. Stephan Airfield, in the background the Wildstrubel.

Above Diablerets with the ski area GLACIER3000

Moleson (2002m), city of Bulle and Vanil Carré (2195m) - together with an Hornet. Rare picture I think.

Overflying my home again, we have taken direction Payerne.

 Lake of Murten,time to ...

... extend our gears and the Hornet is zooming away with full burner !

 Overview Payerne airfield

Thank you Swiss Air Force for this nice flight ! My aircraft: Beech 1900D T-729 (cn UE-288)



Actually you can watch on youtube a nice video taken from an airliner a few days ago above Germany. It shows German Air Force QRA Eurofighter Typhoons out of Neuburg Base, intercepting Jet Airways Boeing 777-300 flight 9W-118 on February 16th:

Kein Auftritt des PC-7 Teams in St. Moritz anlässlich FIS Ski-WM

Das PC-7 Team fliegt wegen dem heutigen Zwischenfall - touchieren/trennen eines Kamerakabels im Zielgelände der Ski-WM - keine weiteren Trainings/Demos in St. Moritz.

PC-7 Team just cancelled there furter participation on Ski World Cup this week/weekend. During today's training they cutted an camera cable in the arena.

Link with Video: http://www.srf.ch/sport/ski-alpin/st-moritz-2017/knapp-an-katastrophe-vorbei-fliegerstaffel-zerstoert-seilkamera

Press conference with cancellation of the Airshow: http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/polizei-wm-ok-und-skiverband-informieren-zum-flug-zwischenfall

#St.Moritz2017 #PC-7Team

Ski WM St Moritz : Flugzeug aus PC -7 TEAM touchiert Kabel von SRF

Bern, 17.02.2017 - Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2017, hat ein Flugzeug des PC-7 TEAMS der Schweizer Luftwaffe um 11.30 Uhr beim Überflug über das Zielgelände Salastrains der Ski-WM das Zugseil der Seilbahnkamera des Schweizer Fernsehens touchiert. Kabel, Kamera und Flugzeug wurden beschädigt. Bei diesem Zwischenfall wurde niemand verletzt.

Das Flugzeug konnte auf dem Flugplatz Samedan sicher landen. Die Luftwaffe hat alle weiteren an der Ski-WM vorgesehenen Vorführungen abgesagt. Die Militärjustiz hat eine Untersuchung eingeleitet.

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Sion finito - end of airbase 14

Sion will be closed for regular military traffic end of 2017. With the last repetition course, a little ceremony was held with speaks of political and military leaders.

A special tail, an quite impressive mass takeoff of 9 Hornets and 5 Tigers (one F as photoship) and a final Flybye marked the end of 65 years of regular based Swiss Air Force aircrafts.

BUT ... yes, the Air Force returns again to Sion due the Exercice "SEDUNUM" from Mai 15th 'till 17th, 2017 👍

So you will see here pictures from the last flights due regular (last !) repetition course of our Base Aérienne 14, the exercise is held by the Base Aérienne 11 - meaning Payerne.

39ème Festival International de Ballons, Château-d'Oex (CH)

The Festival International de Ballons in Château-d'Oex is a must-do if you love balloons, or mountains, or helicopters, or nice sceneries. Here you will find your jackpot ;)

Situated near Gstaad, this mountain resort is easy accessible by train, aircraft and car and a mekka in balloon language. #FIBC2017

Official site: http://www.chateau-doex.ch/de/Z4237

Special guest this year was the winner of Gordon Bennet Cup - this year departing in the area ;)
http://gordonbennett2017.ch

small video:

WEF 2017 - guarding the Alps out of Sion

Armed Forces missions at the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Our Armed Forces support the Canton of Graubünden with security operations at the World Economic Forum (WEF). This subsidiary operation basically includes protecting facilities and individuals, safeguarding air sovereignity, securing Swiss airspace and Coordinated Medical Services (CMS). Up to 5,000 armed forces personnel will serve in this civil affairs mission, to be carried out from January 13th to 23rd, 2017.

Air traffic over Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy will be restricted within a radius of 25 nautical miles (about 46 km) from the centre of Davos. Approaches to and take-offs from regional aerodromes and heliports are subject to specific rules and procedures which the Air Force has devised in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation. Visual flights may be carried out on predetermined routes and require prior authorisation and accreditation of pilots and aircraft.

Flights outside predefined routes and flights to Davos are subject to authorisation as well and will only be permitted for pilots and aircraft that have been accredited beforehand. After accreditation has been granted, a request for each flight must be submitted to the Air Force, which then decides in accordance with operational requirements and security considerations. Detailed procedures are specified in official publications.

The Swiss Air Force will be supporting the civilian authorities with transport and surveillance flights, using their helicopters, propeller planes and fighter jets. A considerable increase in military air traffic and noise emission in some areas outside the Canton of Graubünden is also to be expected.

Restrictions apply not only to helicopters and aeroplanes. From 16 January 2017, the restrictions on flight operations apply to all airspace users, including model airplanes, drones, hang gliders and para-gliders. The Graubünden cantonal police will issue special restrictions for this purpose.


Validity of the restrictions
Monday, 16. January 2017, from 0800 a.m. local time to Saturday, 21. January 2017, 1700 p.m. local time

Swiss military Fighter Jets flying out of SION base.

Official Film of last year's WEF-summit by Swiss Armed Forces:

UPDATE January 21st, 2017 - the photos of Sion

Time passed by with different photography/positioning difficulties due Base Security. But some nice shots where made ;)

Activity on the Swiss Military Airfields 2017, REVITA 2.0

Swiss Air Force succeeded again with an early announcement of the main plannings of activity in 2017. You can see in blue activity with F/A-18 C/D Hornet (green means reduced activity possible) and red on F-5E/F Tiger II (yellow means reduced activity possible):

Also some major shows/exercises are already known - see flugzeugforum.de for furter details:

January:
09-27 KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 14, Sion (CH)
13-15 87. Internationales Lauberhornrennen, Wengen (CH) mit PS am 12./14./15. (Reserve) von 1140-1205h, 13. von 1320-1345h. Mit Bombardier C Series der SWISS. http://www.lauberhorn.ch
16-21 Luftraumeinschränkungen zuhanden WEF Davos, Jetflugbetrieb ab SIO

February:
11/12 FIS World Ski Championship, St. Moritz with Patrouille Suisse http://www.stmoritz2017.ch/
18/19 FIS World Ski Championship, St. Moritz with PC-7 Team http://www.stmoritz2017.ch/
23 FIS Ski Worldcup, Crans Montana with PC-7 Team http://www.skicm-cransmontana.ch/

Mai:
15-17 Mobility exercise: Troups and Aircrafts from Payerne will be hosted in Sion, something like REVITA Exercise in Buochs 2014 !
30-02 Flüge mit Mirage, Payerne (CH) [url]http://www.clindailes.ch[/url]