These Were The Swiss And Austrian Fighter Jets That Provided Air Cover For Davos

cencio4@gmail.com (David Cenciotti), Business Insider
Mon, 01/23/2017 - 9:30am

From January 16 to 20, Swiss and Austrian Air Force jets contributed to the security of the WEF international conference at Davos, Switzerland. This year’s Swiss Air Force MOB (Main Operating Base) was Sion airbase, in southwestern Switzerland, with Meiringen airfield being its alternate. The Aviationist’s contributor Alessandro Fucito went to Sion and took the stunning photographs in this post. Alessandro Fucito/The Aviationist The Hornet jets taking part in the air policing missions to enforce the NFZ (No Fly Zone) over Davos carried 2 live AIM-9X Sidewinders at the wingtips and either two live AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles) or one AIM-120 and the ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infra Red) pod, particularly useful to perform long-range visual IDs (as shown by the U.S.

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