Airbase 11 - Payerne | air force base

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Payerne, airbase 11 Air Component Command
Features:
- Principal base for the Swiss Air Force but also open to civil traffic.
- War-fighting base for combat aircraft and helicopters.
- Airbase involved in international meetings and reception base for foreign air force companies in Switzerland
- Guidance of military and civil IFR arrivals/departures (airport surveillance radar FLUR, ILS, Precision Approach Radar PAR).
- 11° approach for training.
- Night flight operations (F/A-18, Super Puma, Cougar and Alouette III).
- Complex surrounding airspace (LS-D4, G5, TMA GVA, TMA BRN).
- Home of the Swiss military Escadrille Transport Aérien 1 (helicopters) unit.
- Home of Fliegerstaffel 17 and 18 (professional flying corps on F/A-18 Hornet)
- Home of Flight Training Unit 31

Fliegerstaffel 17 web:www.fightersquadron17.ch/

Base web:
www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/verbaende/ei...

FTU 31 web:
www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/verbaende/lv...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   46°50'42"N   6°54'53"E

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  • Your attention, please: This description is far from being exhaustive because of lack of time — accurate and complete infos will come soon in English, French and German (and more if I have time enough for that).
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