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The Swiss Air Force ( German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independent service.
560XL. 1 [5] Super King Air. United States. Transport/ photomapping. 300C. 1 [1] operated for the Swiss Office of Topography. DHC-6 Twin Otter.
Glock 26. "Pistol 12 Kurz". Austria. Semi-automatic pistol. 9×19mm Parabellum. Glock 26 gen 4, successor to the Pistol 03 and the Pistol 75 as the short variant of the pistol in the Swiss Army. It is the primary weapon for the military police and mechanics in the army. [5] Submachine guns.
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, — one of the alpha-numeric "Standard Nomenclature Lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
The history of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft. It was only in the 1930s that an effective air force was established at great cost, capable of inflicting several embarrassing defeats on the Nazi Luftwaffe in the course of an initially vigorous defence of neutral Swiss airspace.
heavy articulated multi-purpose floating air transportable transporter: no: 1963-1976: United States Caterpillar: XM554: extra heavy articulated floating air transportable recovery vehicle/chassis for long-range air defense missile system Nike-Hercules Missile: no: 1963-1976: United States Citroën: Citroën FOM: medium truck: no: 1962-1964 ...
The Federal Office for Defence Procurement ( Armasuisse) is a federal agency of the Swiss Confederation. It is the procurement organization for armaments of Switzerland and is affiliated with the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport . Armasuisse employs around 750 people. The budget was 217 million Swiss francs in 2006.
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