Premiere for Swiss Air Force on French National Day
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On July 14, the Swiss Air Force will take part in the traditional air parade in Paris to mark the French bank holidays with an F/A-18 fighter jet. This is a first for Switzerland.
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The invitation to participate underlines the good bilateral cooperation between the French and Swiss armies, the Swiss defence ministry said on Friday. It manifests not only military co-operation, but also mutual trust in security policy issues, it said.
The parade will include a flyover of the Champs-Élysées. In addition to the Swiss Armed Forces, the German, Spanish and British air forces will also take part in the parade with one Eurofighter each, according to the press release.
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The unarmed F/A-18 will take off for Paris from Emmen military airfield in Lucerne and return directly to central Switzerland after the parade, following an aerial refuelling, the defence ministry wrote. A landing on site is not planned.
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