The Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe, Forces aériennes suisses, Forze Aeree Svizzere)
The Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe, Forces aériennes suisses, Forze Aeree Svizzere) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces. It was established on July 31, 1914 but did not become a separate service until 1936.
During World War II, it defended Swiss airspace against incursions by both Allied and Axis aircraft, shooting down aircraft from both sides of the conflict.[citation needed]
A report in the Swiss news magazine FACTS reveals that the Swiss Air Force only provides ready-to-take-off aircraft during office hours -- on working days. The air force staff declared that, due to financial limits, they are not operational all the time.The difficulty of defending Swiss airspace is illustrated by the small size of the country; the maximum extension of Switzerland is 348 km, a distance that can be flown in little over 20 minutes by commercial aircraft. Further, Switzerland's policy of neutrality means that they are unlikely to be deployed elsewhere.
Its primary front-line air-defence fleet consists of 33 F-18 Hornets (Squadrons: 11, 17, 18. 34 were originally bought, but one crashed) and 54 remaining F-5 Tiger IIs (110 were originally purchased). In 2010 the Swiss Air Force intends to begin the retirement of the F-5 in the three squadrons (Patrouille Suisse, 8th, 19th) that use it and hopes to acquire a New Warplane/Neues Kampfflugzeug (NFK) as replacement. As with the earlier F/A-18 procurement conducted in the late 1990s, this is expected to prove a politically fraught procurement due to Switzerland`s socialist, anti-army and green groups, which are all opposed to such purchases. The Patrouille Suisse will need to change to a new aircraft, either the F/A-18 Hornet or the new fighter. Although they are likely to acquire the new F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, other 4.5 generation fighter planes such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen are being considered.
In 2011 the Swiss Air Force will also be retiring its venerable fleet of 60 Aérospatiale Alouette III, which will be replaced by Eurocopter EC-635s.
The national aerobatic demonstration team of Swiss Air Force is the Patrouille Suisse, which flies the F-5 Tiger II aircraft.The Swiss Air Force has nine air bases, the most important of these being Payerne, in western Switzerland. The others are the helicopter base at Alpnach, a dormant base at Buochs and several other bases at Bern, Dübendorf, Emmen, Meiringen, Sion and Locarno. However, the air force closed Mollis by January 2007, and Alpnach will be reduced in size.
Aircraft/Historical * Blériot XI * EKW Häfeli DH5 * EKW C35 * EKW C36 * Morane-Saulnier M.S.405 * Messerschmitt Bf 108 * Messerschmitt Bf 109 * Fieseler Storch * P-51 Mustang * T-6 Texan * De Havilland Vampire * De Havilland Venom * Hawker Hunter * Dassault Mirage III * Northrop F-5E Tiger II * Aérospatiale Alouette III * Super Puma / Cougar * BAe Hawk - Jet trainer * Pilatus PC-6 * Pilatus PC-7 * Pilatus PC-9 * Boeing F/A-18C Hornet
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Sarita estaba durmiendo profundamente, hasta que su principe azul la desperto con una sorp
Sarita estaba durmiendo profundamente, hasta que su principe azul la desperto con una sorpresita.
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This is what it's like to live in Marin County most of the year. And I've shot so much of
This is what it's like to live in Marin County most of the year. And I've shot so much of the fog as still images, that I almost grew bored with it and stopped going to the top of the mountain.
Saved by a new appreciation for time-lapse photography, I returned to the top of Mt. Tamalpais one afternoon to shoot this nice sequence.
Once again, I decided to use ancient music I recorded of myself back in early college days (1980) as the soundtrack. I play everything but the drums, which were done by my old friend Terry Libby. I'd like to find him again someday.
Much as I like this video, it's a tad long at 3 minutes. I should have shaved 30 seconds and ended just after the sunset sequence. But, I wanted to finish the song....
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Muy buena cancion y excelente interpretacion de Jose & el coro niños
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Lyrics:
She was a pretty little puppy
Half spaniel half collie
Big floppy ears
And her
Lyrics:
She was a pretty little puppy
Half spaniel half collie
Big floppy ears
And her name was molly
She was the best dog this ole house had ever seen
But the economy fell
And food prices ascended
Corners got cut
And nobody defended
Ole molly she got the boot half a week ago
She was, left on the right side of the road
Left on the right side of the road
And her puppy dog eyes stared after me
As I drove away in our beat up jeep
She was, left on the right side of the road
The shelter closed down bout a year ago
Then the pizza parlor and the general store
But chapel stood on tall and rang her bells
We told the neighbors ole molly passed on
And put a stone out on the front lawn
And sang a few hyms
And laid our guilty minds to rest
Left on the right side of the road
Left on the right side of the road
Maybe Daddy Warbucks brought her in from the cold
And she's wearing a collar encrusted with gold
Or maybe she's just sitting n the side of the road
knew when to sit and wag her tail
always home for dinner, without fail
and now shes just asleep on the side of the road
PUNISHMENT UPDATE:
there were four punishments that were either suggested a lot or top voted, they are:
a) do more than one song this week
b) do a street performace
c) write a song consisting only of Youtube Screen Names
d) eat one of the food combinations for my "don't taste good together" song
I am going to combine this into one huge punishment extravaganza!!
This Wednesday I'm going to hit the streets of my city with nothing but my guitar and a camcorder and record a live "show" The show will include the screen name song, be at least an hour long and, if I fail to make 20 in donations in the hour, I will eat all of the combinations in my "Don't Taste Good Together" song. Sounds punishing, yes?
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BearHugs Unlimited visit with the kids at California Pacific Medical Center. There to hand
BearHugs Unlimited visit with the kids at California Pacific Medical Center. There to hand out free BearHugs Wraps as part of the 'Hugs for the Holidays' Campaign.
For more information: bearhugsunlimited.com
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