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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jan 2, 2021, 07:16 PM Jan 2021

Swiss Air Force F/A-18s Finally Started Providing Round-the-Clock Airspace Protection Last Week [View all]

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The round-the-clock service comes nearly seven years after the embarrassing incident, when the Swiss Air Force couldn't scramble fighter jets to respond to an hijacking (ET 702) because it had happened outside of the service's business hours (08.00 – 12 and 13.30 – 17.00).

Swiss Air Force F/A-18s Finally Started Providing Round-the-Clock Swiss Airspace Protection Last Week:


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