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Swiss Air Force test approaches at Zurich Airport
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11th March 2021
To complete the Quick Reaction Alert (24-hour air police service) in Switzerland, the Swiss Air Force conducted ten test approaches with F/A-18 fighter aircraft in Zurich Airport from 4th to 9th March 2021. For the first time, these test approaches, during which no landings were made, were conducted from the Air Force s Operations Centre at the Air Defence and Direction Center (ADDC) in Dübendorf by military air traffic controllers from Skyguide. This is an absolute exception, as the responsibilities between civil and military air traffic control are precisely defined. The controlling of aircraft in different sectors does not occur as a matter of principle. These test approaches have made it possible to practice efficient guidance of the interceptors in the event of an unscheduled need.
The Netherlands is temporarily taking over Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) air-policing duties for Belgium following the grounding of that country’s F-16 fighter fleet.
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Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles
Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles
The image from Eurofighter World showing the Typhoon armed with 14 Meteor and two IRIS-T air-to-air missiles. (Photo: Eurofighter)
The quite unlikely Typhoon’s “Beast Mode” configuration might hint at a possible “missile/bomb truck” role in support of 5th and 6th gen. fighter aircraft.
Last week the Eurofighter website published the latest edition of its magazine
Eurofighter World. An interesting image can be found in the last page, showing a Typhoon rendering in an astonishing “Beast Mode” with 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range (BVR) and two IRIS-T (InfraRed Imaging System Tail-Thrust Vector Controlled) short-range air-to-air missiles, along with an external fuel tank on the centerline station.