Drone Squadron 7
The drone relay 7 is a on the Emmen airbase stationed and the drones command 84 (Dro Kdo 84) imputed Militia season. As a coat of arms , it bears a round badge that shows the head of an owl against a dark blue background and the yellow inscription "Dro Staffel 7". It is the only UAV squadron of the Swiss Air Force . The owl symbolizes the ability of the UAV sensors to see, day and night.
history
In 1995, the ADS 95 reconnaissance system was procured, and drone squadron 7 was founded with it. This initially used 28 ADS 95 units . Today 15 pieces are still in use. The drone with the identification D-119 crashed on September 13, 2011.
The drone squadron 7 consists of the following functional groups: the commander, his deputy, the payload operator, pilot, the air reconnaissance evaluation officer , the drone firing commander for the artillery (Dro SKdt), the operations officer and the intelligence officer. The tasks of Drone Squadron 7 are real-time intelligence gathering day and night, the optical verification of information from other news sources and the support of the artillery with fire control.
Drone Squadron 7 is also used for civilian tasks in Switzerland. So had z. For example, the Swiss Air Force carried out investigations during the major flood in Central Switzerland in 2005 for the benefit of the crisis team and has been supporting the border guards in monitoring the Swiss border since mid-2006 . In the city of Zurich, the use of drones during the European Football Championship 2008 to monitor the traffic and security situation was approved. The drones are also regularly used for the same tasks at major events such as the Street Parade .
Due to the small silhouette and low visibility for other pilots, the drone in Switzerland is accompanied by a small aircraft (usually a Pilatus PC-6 ) in peacetime by day in civil VFR airspace . These accompanying missions are called "OMBRA" flights; "Ombra" is also the nickname of the escort aircraft. The 15 Ruag Rangers still in use will be replaced by six Elbit Hermes 900s in accordance with the 2015 armaments program. In the Swiss Air Force, the Hermes are listed under the name ADS 15.
Drones
Web links
- Official DDPS page of drone squadron 7 ( Memento from May 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Homepage of drone squadron 7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Army in Numbers 12/2013 Army in Numbers , December 1, 2013 ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 25, 2015.
- ↑ NZZ of February 11, 2015, accessed on May 15, 2015
