Surveillance squadron

Badge of the surveillance squadron

UeG monument in the Flieger-Flab-Museum

The surveillance squadron (UeG, French escadre de surveillance , Italian Squadra di vigilanza ) was the formation of professional pilots in the Swiss Air Force .

Swiss military pilots were basically militiamen in the 20th century . During the Second World War there was a need for a permanently available, professional association to maintain neutrality. On April 4, 1941, the Federal Council decided to create the surveillance squadron.

Since 1966 the UeG has also operated the military helicopter rescue service as a supplement to the civilian air- rescue service .

The surveillance squadron was stationed at the Dübendorf military airfield . It was dissolved at the end of 2005 and the personnel transferred to the professional aviation corps .

literature

• Daniel A. Furrer: 60 years of surveillance squadrons. Säntis Medien, Herisau 2001.
• Hanspeter Ruckli, Adrian Urscheler: Das Ueberwachungsgeschwader / L'Escadre de surveillance 1992-2005. Baden-Verlag, Baden-Dättwil 2006, ISBN 3-85545-141-9 .

Web links

Commons : Surveillance Squadron  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website ( Memento of November 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )