Fliegerstaffel 4
The squadron 4 was most recently with Dassault Mirage III RS fighter aircraft equipped squadron of the Swiss Air Force . Their home base during the dissolution was the Payerne military airfield . The Fliegerstaffel 4 wore the AMIR (AMIR = Reconnaissance Mirage) badge as a coat of arms . This badge shows a hawk's head drawn with black lines on a white background, the neck of which is filled with blue paint. The beak protrudes above the round badge, above the falcon's head there is a red number 4. Except for the number 4, the badge is identical to the AMIR badge of Fliegerstaffel 3 and Fliegerstaffel 10 (these had a number 3 and 10 respectively instead of the 4 Badge).
history
It was founded in the Second World War under the name Fliegerkompanie 4. From 1940 the Fliegerkompanie uses 4 aircraft of the Morane type. From 1943 the Fliegerkompanie 4 does active duty at the military airfield Frutigen . In 1945, during a reorganization, the flying personnel of Fliegerkompanie 4 was reallocated to the newly created Fliegerstaffel 4. From 1954, Fliegerstaffel 4 switched to the De Havilland DH.100 Vampire and De Havilland DH.112 Venom jet fighter aircraft. The St. Stephan military airfield became the new home base for Fliegerstaffel 4. In 1975 the Hawker Hunter became the new aircraft for Fliegerstaffel 4 and the Turtmann airfield became the home base. Fliegerstaffel 4 gave up the Hawker Hunter in 1991 and Fliegerstaffel 4 was temporarily dissolved. In 1992 the name was changed to Reconnaissance Squadron 4. Mirage IIIRS were used and the new home base was the Payerne military airfield. During this time the relay badge changes to the AMIR badge.
In 2000, reconnaissance squadron 4 was dissolved or integrated into reconnaissance squadron 10.
Planes
- Morane D-3801
- de Havilland DH.100 vampires
- de Havilland DH.112 Venom
- Hawker Hunter
- Dassault Mirage III RS
supporting documents
- Hermann Keist FlSt4
- Christophe Donnet: Hunter fascination. Schück, Adliswil 1995, ISBN 3-9520906-0-3
