Defense German Air Force helps with transport from Dübendorf to Emmen
A German Air Force transport plane brought a Swiss military helicopter from Dübendorf to Emmen on Wednesday. The Swiss Air Force does not have a sufficiently large aircraft.
Image: Keystone
The Swiss army helicopter was inside the German transport plane. The Swiss Air Force does not have a sufficiently large aircraft.
Image: Keystone
The transport aircraft arrived at Emmen airfield on Wednesday as part of a transport test. The aim is to build up capabilities for disaster relief and military peacebuilding missions abroad.
Image: Keystone
A German Air Force transport plane brought a Swiss military helicopter from Dübendorf to Emmen on Wednesday. The Swiss Air Force does not have a sufficiently large aircraft.
Image: Keystone
The Swiss army helicopter was inside the German transport plane. The Swiss Air Force does not have a sufficiently large aircraft.
Image: Keystone
The transport aircraft arrived at Emmen airfield on Wednesday as part of a transport test. The aim is to build up capabilities for disaster relief and military peacebuilding missions abroad.
Image: Keystone
As part of a transport test, the Swiss Air Force flew a Cougar helicopter from Dübendorf ZH to Emmen LU on Wednesday. The German Air Force assisted in the operation.
The test is intended to provide air force maintenance personnel with important knowledge to enable them to transport a helicopter quickly over long distances in an emergency, as army spokeswoman Delphine Schwab-Allemand told the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. The aim is to develop capabilities for disaster relief and military peace support missions abroad.
Following the start of the test on August 22, the helicopter was dismantled at the Dübendorf military airfield and loaded onto a German Air Force transport aircraft on Tuesday. According to Schwab-Allemand, Switzerland does not have a transport aircraft of the same size as an A400M.
The exercise builds on the many years of cooperation between the two air forces, according to the media spokesperson. It also serves the goal of strengthening Switzerland's own defense capabilities through international cooperation. The test will continue until August 30.
