https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland’s shiny new 'Air Force One' jet was unveiled on Monday at a typically low-key ceremony in Bern. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190219/heres-what-switzerlands-new-air-force-one-looks-like Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:19:10 +0100 heres-what-switzerlands-new-air-force-one-looks-like Switzerland said on Friday that its air defence system will no longer take weekends off effective January 1st, but that round-the-clock airspace surveillance is about five years away. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161209/swiss-air-force-to-work-weekends-from-january Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:13:49 +0100 swiss-air-force-to-work-weekends-from-january Technical failure was not to blame for the crash involving a Swiss army helicopter on the Gotthard pass on Thursday, the defence ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160929/swiss-helicopter-crash-technical-fault-ruled-out Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:09:37 +0200 swiss-helicopter-crash-technical-fault-ruled-out Two people died and one other was injured when a helicopter crashed on the Gotthard pass in the Swiss alps on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160928/swiss-army-helicopter-crashes-in-alps Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:42:22 +0200 swiss-army-helicopter-crashes-in-alps The pilot of a Swiss fighter jet that crashed in the mountains at the end of August was laid to rest on Monday in Payerne. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160913/fallen-military-pilot-honoured-in-payerne-funeral Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:35:14 +0200 fallen-military-pilot-honoured-in-payerne-funeral An investigation into the Swiss F/A-18 fighter jet that smashed into the Alps last week has found that flight controllers told the pilot to fly far below a safe altitude. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160907/fatal-crash-pilot-told-to-fly-below-safe-altitude Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:18:48 +0200 fatal-crash-pilot-told-to-fly-below-safe-altitude The pilot of a Swiss fighter jet that crashed in the mountains on a training exercise on Monday has been found dead, the Swiss defence ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160831/pilot-of-crashed-swiss-jet-confirmed-dead Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:25:33 +0200 pilot-of-crashed-swiss-jet-confirmed-dead The remains of a Swiss army fighter jet that disappeared over the Alps on Monday have been located in central Switzerland, but the pilot is still missing, the defence ministry said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160831/army-locates-crashed-swiss-jet-pilot-still-missing Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:17:37 +0200 army-locates-crashed-swiss-jet-pilot-still-missing A Swiss army fighter jet went missing over the Alps on Monday and is believed to have crashed, the defence ministry said, adding that a large-scale search and rescue operation had been launched. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160830/search-underway-for-pilot-of-swiss-jet-missing-in-alps Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:10:49 +0200 search-underway-for-pilot-of-swiss-jet-missing-in-alps The federal department of defence is to spend 1.3 million francs on buying a road that passes through the Swiss air force base in Payerne as part of a plan to police Swiss air space 24/7. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160607/swiss-spend-millions-to-patrol-skies-outside-office-hours Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:00:26 +0200 swiss-spend-millions-to-patrol-skies-outside-office-hours