The Federal office for defence (Armasuisse) organized for each of the five combat aircraft, a media and a mockery of the occasion on the military airfield in Payerne, VD. These take place between mid-April and the end of June. Journalists and aviation enthusiasts need to sign up for any occasion individually, as it says in a message received from Armasuisse by Thursday.
the Eurofighter (Airbus, Germany), F/A-18 Super Hornet (Boeing, USA), Rafale (Dassault, France), F-35A (Lockheed Martin, USA) and Gripen E (Saab, Sweden) to be Tested. According to Armasuisse for each candidate during all four eight-mission days in total, with one or two fighter planes. The capabilities of the aircraft, and the information would be checked from the submitted offers, it is said in the message. A flight will take place in the night. The night flights ends before midnight.
The procurement of new combat aircraft is part of the program Air2030. The Federal Council had authorized the defense Department VBS in November 2017, to plan the procurement of new combat aircraft and a means to ground-based air defense in the amount of up to eight billion Swiss francs. (nag/sda)
Created: 28.02.2019, 12:08 PM
