Why The Swiss Air Force Trained At RAF Leeming ✈️ | Forces TV 

‘A landlocked country with a dense population’. - Oh I don’t know, some of them are pretty intelligent. They do make some damn fine watches after all.

A huge welcome to the Swiss Air Force...What a great idea to train with the RAF!

Great to see Swiss and RAF training together. What a fantastic initiative.

I'll never forget the sound of the Swiss F/A-18 at RAF Cosford, beautiful

I’m so happy we the brits can help, just a small thank you for your chocolate 🇬🇧😉

This is so good. Hope this happens again in the future .

Always makes me feel a bit special when people come here to train with our forces 😊

Thanks for that. Nice to see it from the british perspective. It's thanks to cooperations like this that the Swiss Air Force is finally back on 24/7 readiness.

That's alright Captain Mattle, a slow F-18 makes for an easier target for an ASRAAM :D Very cool to see the Swiss training in the UK. It never occurred to me the issues posed training Fast-Jets around Switzerland.

Nice to have you here lads (and lasses?). Regards from the Shire. :)

UK and SWI two of Europe's very few Sovereign Nations - We have much to build on and achieve together.

British army trainers is very professional.

I love the Swiss, there flag is a big plus.......

The Main Reason for this Excercise was for the RAF to Help and Advise the Swiss AF in Implementing a True 24/7 QRA Capability.

great to see the swiss coming to the UK to train

naice that are guys train with the uk lads, makes me proud!

Thank you for your service god bless you 🙏🏻🇬🇧🙏🏻

My local airbase. I was there when the Americans were there I think. Cant wait to get back

Ah Leeming - In the late 1950’s used to lay in the grass at the end of the runway watching the Lightnings take off - go supersonic in near vertical flight - then off to the North Sea to escort Russian Bombers

Very good news, mutual recognition and mutual learning. Hope this becomes a routine event.

Makes me proud as a Swiss as well 🇨🇭🤝🏻🇬🇧

Nice to see Swiss air force in UK .. I hope they are having fun in Mach loop aswell and bombing battleship island ..

3:03 - Ancient BT ‘Viscount’ phone spotted extreme left. We used to have one in the mid 1980’s.

Funny how Switzerland became so strong around the time the templar fled execution. Beat back an army way bigger and stronger with new weapons nobody had ever seen. Farmers lol.. the flag isn't too far off a templar flag either

2:37 callsign Gollum

The Swiss are no dozers!!! they are smart...Plus they have good snowboard parks ! Swiss you are welcome !!! Ps thanks for the handy army knife with the bits on it Lol

Wonderful to see us actively cooperating with the UK. I hope one day the infantry will get to work together.

Isn’t it amazing. Two European non-EU countries being able to work together.

My old ATC Squadron use RAF Leeming as it's launch point for cadet flight sessions! 2223 FTW

I think in the past the swiss had Hawker Hunters in their inventory. I wonder if they kept one or two for posterity?

To all armed services thanks. Regardless of country.

Having the Swiss training here is a very good idea and they are most welcome. I remember hearing a sonic boom when walking in Altstetten as a Swiss jet was sent to intercept a straying US fighter. They can fly fast over Switzerland but probably only when necessary. There is a pressure group trying to hobble the Swiss airforce and more or less disarm the army for 'environmental reasons'. The real reasons are more political. Luckily the troublesome referenda have not passed up to now.

Enjoyed the video hoping to go Monday, were you airside, I've only been a couple of times and parked on the road,

Oh the FA18 which have the highest structural loads on the whole planet...the one from the swiss airforce.

Ayyy, I recognize some of the ground crew and pilots! Squadron 11 "Tigers" is stationed at my homebase.

They trained with the best the RAF

Nice

1:51 this dude sounds like a high schooler bullshitting his essay😂

Also you increase the height of the the net for different aircraft types, 'bad form to decapitate a crew'. The crew also has the option to take Approach or overrun on the RHAG's.

I'm not in the least bit surprised at the Swiss being trained by the RAF. It is no secret that RAF pilot training is among the best in the World. During the Gulf Wars, even US pilots commented on the exceptionally high standards of piloting ability of RAF pilots during combat sorties. Why do you suppose the Chinese are trying to tempt ex RAF pilots over there to train their mob?

VERY GOOD :)

Don't forget, before let fly back our's FA 18.... To paint'it with "Red Lester" on tail :)

Flew in Chippies at Leeming. M.

Cool

A national referendum was needed to sort out the replacement for the ageing Tiger 2.

They've come for some Yorkshire tea

All the experts saying which is better or best. Time and time again it has shown that it is the pilot not the plane.

We obviously don't shave in the RAF anymore!!!!!!! Seriously though, great to see co-operation exercises like this getting the publicity they deserve.

Not a lot of social distancing in that briefing lads.

After having watched RU-vid videos of the Swiss using Hunters on ground attack exercises and landing on roads, I thought their low level training opportunities were limitless. Maybe it's down to the aircraft...😀

F-16 Viper/Block 2 and F-15EX is Compatible to Swiss Airforce

The F35 can fly slowly and hover which the hornet cannot. It's good to see such cooperation 👍

the Swiss Air Force should replace it's present fleet of aging F/A-18C Hornet multi role fighter (including the five F/A-18D multi role fighter variant) with the new F-15EX Strike Eagle II multi role interdictor strike fighter . . . acquiring the F/A-18C Hornet multi role fighter & F/A-18D multi role fighter variant back in the mid 1980s - early 1990s was more of a political decision than strategic national defense . . . SAF can also opt for a fleet of 43 - 49 brand new Dassault Rafale F4.2 (Block IIIB) multi role interdictor strike fighter which is more recent airframe compared to the heavily upgraded F-15EX Strike Eagle II multi role interdictor strike fighter . . . not to mention SAF's aging fleet of F-5E Tiger II light multi role fighter that should have been retired years back . . . the BAE Hawk 132 (Block IV) multi role advanced jet trainer could be apt for the Swiss Air Force as the final tier 3 jet trainer for trainee pilots . . .

Invoice: low flying in UK- BC100,000 What's BC? Bars of chocolate.

I hear that flying low in Swiss airspace plays havoc with the cuckoo clocks? 🤣🤣

RAF, would you mind keep our planes... It's much cheaper than have them back here again...

Did you see that jet come out of the Toblerone?

Ah yes the country with a lot of cheese and bunker

Cause are good endeed

Hopefully air cadets can visit soon

Hope the UK are charging them proper fees for our services ?

ADP6-22PHILIPPINES GOd IS with us Speak: the starting point to invade is in the water and land (underwater and underland ) I repeat the starting point of invade is IN UNDERWATER AND UNDERLAND

Anyway... why don't you have a Switz army plane 😂

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I wonder if they tried the RHAG (Rotary Hydraulic Arrestor Gear) cable system used by the RAF to stop fighters with brake issues? Nearest those F-18s will get to a carrier landing.

美國，台灣，印度，澳洲，日本全力加強戰略目標合作，真正的民主自由聯盟。。

I seen a jet yesterday flying over john Lennon Airport any ideas what it was guys?

Swiss: I can fly slower than you. RAF: jolly good old chap. I'll keep the altitude, energy, angles and engagement options.

NATO+Switzerland .. yeeeeeee :)

Great to see the Swiss Air Force here. Shame about the masks - that didn't age well.

Some people should not be allowed to speak on a broadcast-able video. Especially those with limited brain power, command of English or much to say, and I’m not talking about the excellent Swiss.

love the plastic chairs there sitting on ? how embarrassing

I thought the Swiss was a neutral country

Im from switzerland we dont even have an airforce. For what purpose we have mountains.

Guys I love your videos but you have a large section on Covid adaptations on every single video and it's so so so so so boring! I know it may seem like an interesting angle because it's out of the norm but honestly the way it's in every single video is really tiresome. Love your channel and I find your videos so interesting and well produced but please cut down on the Covid angle? It is not an interesting topic it's boring.

I hope the masks were discarded once the cameras were off.

Is leeming closing ? Oh and a bird in a jet engine won’t do much damage....Jesus they will be blown to bigs

The UK should have bought F18s.

Swiss Air Force main mission :- PROTECT THE BANKS

Aren’t we nice , letting them play in their planes

Whats this covid pantomime?

Oh yeah. Do you love me? 😍💋 💝💖❤️

Hope they are paying rent !!

🤣🤣🤣SWISS AIRFORCE🤣🤣🤣 SWISS = NEUTRAL = MONENEY

Ingat.... Ada allah....

ADP6-22PHILIPPINES GOd IS with us Speak: the starting point to invade is in the water and land (underwater and underland ) I repeat the starting point of invade is IN UNDERWATER AND UNDERLAND