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☆ Another European country is flying fighter jets off highways like NATO has been doing to protect its warplanes
  + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
It marked the first time since 1991 that the Swiss air force has operated from a highway. During the Cold War, aircraft in Europe trained to operate from non-traditional airstrips and improvised runways to reduce vulnerability. To reduce their vulnerability to long-range strikes, the air force is focusing on disaggregating and using improvised runways to conduct operations. The fighter aircraft were quickly refueled while their engines were running — a tactic known as hot-pit refueling — before they took off again. Not only for the Norwegian Air Force, but also for the Nordic countries, and for NATO," Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland said in a press statement at the time.
Persons: —, Russia's, Rolf Folland, They've Organizations: Service, NATO, Business, Swiss, Swiss Army, Norwegian Air Force, Nordic, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Commando Locations: Ukraine, Swiss, Europe, Switzerland, Norway, Finnish, Finland, Michigan, Wyoming, Texas
☆ Zermatt: Five skiers found dead, one missing in Swiss Alps
  + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Martin Goillandeau | Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The bodies of five missing skiers were found in the Swiss Alps on Sunday evening, while rescuers are still searching for a sixth person, local police said on Monday. The family members were from the Valais canton, while the sixth person is from the canton of Fribourg. Police did not reveal the identities of the dead skiers, whose bodies were found in Tête Blanche on Sunday, Reuters reported. Search-and-rescue operations were launched on Saturday after the skiers went missing near the 3,706-meter-high (12,159 feet) Tête Blanche pass, en route to the village of Arolla. This call enabled him to be located in the Tête Blanche pass area, at an altitude of around 3,500 meters” (around 11,480 feet), police said.
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☆ Swiss activists drop campaign against F-35 fighter deal
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A F-35A fighter aircraft takes-off during a presentation at the Swiss Air Force base in Emmen, Switzerland March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoZURICH, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Activists have withdrawn their campaign to stop Switzerland from buying 36 Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) F-35A Lightning II fighter jets after the government signed a $5.5 billion procurement deal without waiting for a referendum. Switzerland chose the F-35 last year as its next-generation fighter jet, angering opponents who said they would ensure a referendum to overturn what they called an unnecessary "Ferrari" option. read moreParliament approved the deal last week, and a contract was signed on Monday even as opponents were gathering signatures to force a referendum under the Swiss system of direct democracy. For this reason, the Alliance against the F-35 will withdraw its popular initiative, but remains convinced that the F-35 is a bad purchase and a billion-dollar risk for Switzerland."
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