The Patrouille Suisse was founded on August 22, 1964 with four Hawker Hunters. Two displays were also flown 1968 with the Dassault Mirage IIIS under the name "Patrouille de Suisse Mirage". Other than those shows the Patrouille Suisse retained the Hunter. In 1970, a fifth aircraft was added to the team, followed by the sixth shortly thereafter. In 1977 a smoke system was introduced.
The Patrouille Suisse
flew its Hawker Hunters for the last time in 1994 and transitioned to the
faster and more maneuverable Northrop F-5E Tiger II adding smoke systems
in 1996. In April the following year, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter single-engine
turboprop light aircraft was assigned as a support aircraft, painted in
the team's colour scheme.
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