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S, Mirage IIIRS, MirageIIIBS, IIIDS Mirage and F-5E were used. Pilatus use this airfield for all test- and delivery flights for the products manufactured by
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booster rockets could take off from this highway. But this opportunity was never used . The air base is, at both end of the runway, equipped with retractable
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In July 2010, the 35th World
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The airfield was active until 2003; used for fighter jets of the Swiss Air Force. It was the home of militia
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