Switzerland

On this page you will find a selection of my work for Swiss armed forces and about military events in Switzerland.

Please feel free to download some PDF copies of my published work for non-commercial purposes.

If you work in the Swiss armed forces and you would like to hear about me from someone you may know, I have personally met and worked closely with the following persons who are well aware of the work I do:

S. Hanimann (LT 8).
_{(first names are withheld for privacy reasons, ranks because they change over time)}

Dirk Jan de Ridder

Los Tigres Alpinos, in Avión Revue (March 2011)
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Peak Performers, in FLYMAG (December 2017)
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““The days of winning a fight in the F-5 against an F/A-18 are over. The F-5’s radar is looking forward for a couple of miles and that’s it. It has a display with a cross in the front and the pilot has to bring the other aircraft into that cross to be able to fire a missile. With the F/A-18 we are much better equipped. The Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System enables us to shoot around the corner. If we can see an aircraft, we can shoot it down from that angle. The F-5’s only advantage is its small size. Their pilots play a lot with their visibility and with radar tactics. But still 99% of all fights are won by the Hornet.”

Capt Martin Hess
about the differences between the F-5 Tiger II and F/A-18 Hornet

“Since our air force is relatively small, our helicopter pilots are fully trained on all helicopter types. One of the reasons that the EC635 was selected [to replace the Alouette III] is that its cockpit layout is very similar to the Cougar and Super Puma. This enables pilots to fly all types without much difficulty.”

Maj Sebastian Hanimann
about dual-qualified military helicopter pilots in the Swiss Air Force