1989 Swiss Army order of battle
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In 1989 the Swiss Army structure was organised as below:
Army Level Units[edit]
- Army Headquarters Regiment
- Army Headquarters Regiment 11
- Army Headquarters Regiment 12
- Army Headquarters Regiment 13
- Army Headquarters Regiment 14
- Infantry Regiment 16
- Infantry Battalion 16
- Fusilier Battalion 37
- Fusilier Battalion 38
- Fusilier Battalion 39
- Engineer Regiment 5
- Engineer Battalion 31
- Engineer Battalion 32
- Bridging Battalion 65
- Engineer Regiment 6
- Engineer Battalion 33
- Engineer Battalion 34
- Bridging Battalion 66
- Engineer Regiment 7
- Engineer Battalion 35
- Engineer Battalion 36
- Bridging Battalion 67
Field Army Corps 1[edit]
- Corps support units
- 14th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Cyclist Regiment
- 1st Engineer Regiment
- 1st Signals Battalion
- 1st Medical Battalion
- 1st Supply and Transport Battalion
- 1st Traffic Control Battalion
- 1st Helicopter Squadron
- 1st Light Aircraft Flight
- 1st Air Defense Battalion
- 2nd Air Defense Battalion
1st Border Brigade[edit]
2nd Border Brigade[edit]
3rd Border Brigade[edit]
Mechanized Division 1[edit]
1st Armoured Regiment
2nd Armoured Regiment
13th Mechanized Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Division[edit]
2nd Infantry Regiment
8th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
3rd Artillery Regiment
3rd Field Division[edit]
13th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
3rd Artillery Regiment
1st Territorial Zone[edit]
Territorial Regiment 14
Territorial Regiment 15
Territorial Regiment 16
Territorial Regiment 17
Territorial Regiment 18
Territorial Regiment 19
2nd Army Corps[edit]
- Corps support units
- ? Infantry Regiment
- 5th Cyclist Regiment
- 2nd Engineer Regiment
- 2nd Signals battalion
- 2nd Medical battalion
- 2nd Supply and transport battalion
- 2nd traffic control battalion
- 2nd Helicopter squadron
- 2nd Light aircraft flight
- 3rd Air Defense Battalion
- 4th Air Defense Battalion
4th Border Brigade[edit]
5th Border Brigade[edit]
6th Border Brigade[edit]
4th Mechanized Division[edit]
- 14th Mechanized Regiment
- 3rd Armoured Regiment
- 4th Armoured Regiment
- 4th Artillery Regiment
5th Field Division[edit]
- Infantry Regiment 22
- Infantry Regiment 23
- Infantry Regiment 24
- Artillery Regiment 5
2nd Territorial Zone[edit]
- Territorial Regiment 20
- Territorial Regiment 21
- Territorial Regiment 22
- Territorial Regiment 23
- City Command 211
3rd Alpine Army Corps[edit]
- Corps Support Units
- 37th Mountain Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Engineer Regiment
- Cable Car Battalion
- 3rd Signals Battalion
- 3rd Medical Battalion
- 3rd Supply and Transport Battalion
- 3rd Traffic Control Battalion
- 3rd Helicopter Squadron
- 3rd Light Aircraft Flight
Fortress Brigade 10[edit]
Mountain Infantry Regiment 7
Fortress Brigade 13[edit]
Mountain Infantry Regiment 35
Fortress Brigade 23[edit]
Mountain Infantry Regiment 18
Territorial Zone 9[edit]
- Territorial Regiment 91
- Territorial Regiment 92
- Territorial Regiment 93
- Territorial Regiment 94
- Territorial Regiment 95
- Territorial Regiment 96
Territorial Zone 10[edit]
Territorial Regiment 10
Territorial Zone 12[edit]
Territorial Regiment 12
1st Redoubt Brigade[edit]
2nd Redoubt Brigade[edit]
3rd Redoubt Brigade[edit]
7th Border Brigade[edit]
8th Border Brigade[edit]
9th Mountain Division[edit]
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 29
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 30
- Artillery Regiment 9
10th Mountain Division[edit]
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 5
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 6
- Artillery Regiment 10
12th Mountain Division[edit]
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 12
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 26
- Artillery Regiment 12
- 17th Mountain Infantry Regiment
4th Army Corps[edit]
- Corps Support Units
- ? Infantry Regiment
- 6th Cyclist Regiment
- 4th Engineer Regiment
- Bridging Battalion
- Mining Battalion
- 4th Signals Regiment
- 4th Medical Regiment
- 4th Supply and Transport Battalion
- 4th Traffic Control Battalion
- 4th Helicopter Squadron
- 4th Light Aircraft Flight
- Cyclist Regiment
- 3rd Air Defense Battalion
- 4th Air Defense Battalion
9th Border Brigade[edit]
10th Border Brigade[edit]
11th Border Brigade[edit]
Territorial Zone 4[edit]
- Territorial Regiment 41
- Territorial Regiment 42
- Territorial Regiment 43
- Territorial Regiment 44
- Territorial Regiment 45
11th Mechanized Division[edit]
6th Field Division[edit]
7th Field Division[edit]
Air and Air Defence Troops Command[edit]
Until 1996 the Swiss Air Force did not exist as a separate service. During the Cold War it consisted of two main arms (equal in status to the infantry, mountain infantry, armored troops, artillery etc.) - the Air Troops (Fliegertruppen) and the Air Defence Troops (Fliegerabwehrtruppen). The Air Troops were further divided into aviation (Flugwaffe), ground support (Bodenorganisation) and the signals and radar troops (Flieger-Nachrichtenformationen).
Structure after January 1, 1988:
Commandant of the Air and Air Defence Troops (Korpskommandant)
- Chief of Staff (Brigadier)
- Coordination and Planning Staff Department (Brigadier)
- Operational Command and Control Staff Department (Divisioner)
- Federal Service for Military Aviation and Air Defence Training (Divisioner)
- Federal Service for Military Airfields (Divisioner)
- Combat Aviation Brigade 31 (Brigadier) (Dübendorf airfield)[1][2]
- Squadron 14 (Dübendorf airfield) - F-5F (F-5 OCU)
- Air Regiment 1
- Air Wing 2 (Raron airfield)
- Air Squadron 4 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Squadron 5 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Wing 4 (Sion airfield)
- Air Squadron 6 - F-5E Tiger II
- Air Squadron 10 Detachment Sion - Mirage IIIRS (UeG)
- Air Wing 3 (Ullrichen airfield)
- Air Squadron 2 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Squadron 24 Detachment Ullrichen - Hunter T Mk.68
- Air Wing 6 (Turtmann airfield)
- Air Squadron 1 - F-5E Tiger II (UeG)
- Air Squadron 21 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Wing 2 (Raron airfield)
- Air Regiment 2
- Air Wing 1 (Payerne airfield)
- Air Wing 12 (Interlaken airfield)
- Air Squadron 7 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Wing 7 (St. Stephan airfield)
- Air Squadron 15 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air Squadron 24 - Hunter T Mk.68 (Hunter OCU)
- Air Wing 13 (Meiringen airfield)
- Air Squadron 8 - F-5E Tiger II
- Air Squadron 13 - F-5E Tiger II
- Air Regiment 3
- Air WIng 8 (Ambri airfield)
- Air Squadron 3 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air WIng 10 (Bouchs airfield)
- Air WIng 9 (Alpnach airfield)
- Air Squadron 11 - F-5E Tiger II (UeG)
- Air Squadron 19 - F-5E Tiger II
- Air WIng 11 (Mollis airfield)
- Air Squadron 20 - Hunter Mk.58
- Air WIng 8 (Ambri airfield)
- Light Air Wing 24 (renumbered as the LAW 4, then reformed in 1990 as the Aviation Regiment 4, when the 3 territorial air regiments were transformed into 4 task-specific air regiments: air defence; air reconnaissance; ground attack and air transport)
- Light Air Squadron 1 - Alouette III (Payerne airfield, attached to Army Corps 1)
- Light Air Squadron 2 - Alouette III (Reichenbach airfield, attached to Army Corps 2)
- Light Air Squadron 3 - Alouette III (Turtmann airfield, attached to Mountain Army Corps 3)
- Light Air Squadron 4 - Alouette III (Dübendorf airfield, attached to Army Corps 4)
- Light Air Squadron 5 - Alouette III, Super Puma (Sarnen/Kägiswil)
- Light Air Squadron 6 - Alouette III, Super Puma (Alpnach airfield)
- Light Air Squadron 7 - PC-6 Porter (Sarnen/Kägiswil)
- Light Air Squadron 8 - Alouette III, Super Puma (Alpnach airfield)
- Air Target Towing Flight 5
- Airfield Brigade 32 (Brigadier) (each airfield battalion (Abteilung in German; groupe in French) numbered between 800 and 1200 people in 6 companies: an HQ, 2 aircraft handling, 1 aircraft repair, 1 airfield engineer and a heavy fusilier)
- Airfield Regiment 1 at Payerne airfield (supporting the airfields in Valais)
- Airfield Battalion 1 at Turtmann airfield
- Airfield Battalion 2 at Raron airfield
- Airfield Battalion 3 at Ulrichen airfield
- Airfield Battalion 4 at Sion airfield
- Airfield Regiment 2 at Meiringen airfield (supporting the airfields in the west of Switzerland)
- Airfield Battalion 6 at St. Stephan airfield
- Airfield Battalion 7 at Saanen airfield
- Airfield Battalion 12 at Interlaken airfield
- Airfield Battalion 13 at Meiringen airfield
- Airfield Regiment 3 at Dübendorf airfield (supporting the airfields in the center and southeast of Switzerland)
- Airfield Battalion 8 at Ambri airfield
- Airfield Battalion 9 at Alpnach airfield
- Airfield Battalion 10 at Buochs airfield
- Airfield Battalion 11 at Mollis airfield
- Airfield Battalion 26 (Transport) (supporting the deployment of helicopters all over Switzerland)
- Air Defence Guided Missile Regiment 7 with HQ in Bettwil (airfield air defence with Bloodhound SAM)[3]
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battalion 71 with HQ at Emmen
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery I/71 at Schmidrüti
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery II / 71 at Menzingen
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery III / 71 at Emmen
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battalion 72 with HQ at Bettwil
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery I / 72 at Bettwil
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery II / 72 at Laupersdorf
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battery III / 72 at Torny-le-Grand
- Air Defence Guided Missile Battalion 71 with HQ at Emmen
- Airfield Regiment 1 at Payerne airfield (supporting the airfields in Valais)
- Air Defence Brigade 33 (Brigadier)
- Information Brigade 34 (Brigadier)
- Air and Air Defence Troops Signals and Transmission Regiment 21
- Air and Air Defence Troops Signals and Transmission Regiment 22
- Aerospace Surveillance and Reporting Service Regiment 23
- Air Surveillance Wing (Colonel) - the Air and Air Defence Troops follow the general structure of the Swiss Army of a small professional peacetime core supported by a larger militia cadre. While the Combat Aviation Brigade 31 is responsible for the combat readiness of the wartime military aviation in general. The Air Surveillance Wing (Überwachungsgeschwader) included the operational units in peacetime. Of the 20+ Swiss fighter, ground attack and air reconnaissance squadrons only 2 fighter-interceptor, 2 light fighter and 1 air reconnaissance squadron were part of the ASW:
- Air Squadron 16 flying Mirage IIIS interceptors from Buochs airfield
- Air Squadron 17 flying Mirage IIIS interceptors from Payerne airfield
- Air Squadron 10 flying Mirage IIIRS recon jets from Buochs airfield
- Air Squadron 1 flying F-5E light fighters from Turtmann airfield
- Air Squadron 11 flying F-5E light fighters from Alpnach airfield
- Air and Air Defence Troops Park 35 (Colonel) (maintenance organisation)
Additionally the ASW had control over the special Paratroop Reconnaissance Company 17, the Air Target Towing Flight 5, the VIP transport flight, the transport Light Air Wing 25 and the technical evaluation flight. Additionally the Light Transport helicopter squadrons were combined into a Helicopter Group (Helikoptergruppe) under the ASW as they included both professional and militia pilots. These squadrons fulfilled a wide variety of tasks and 4 of the 7 helicopter squadrons were attached to the four army corps.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Switzerland AF Units". www.the-northrop-f-5-enthusiast-page.info (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "Order of Battle". www.wings-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "Bloodhound Mk1 and Mk2 Deployment". www.bmpg.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
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