The (UeG) (, , ) was the overall unit of the

Swiss Air Force The Swiss Air Force (; ; ; ) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the Swiss Army, army and in October 1936 as an independent service. In peaceti ...

professional pilots.

History

In the 20th century, Swiss military pilots were fundamentally

militia A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or se ...

soldiers. On April 4, 1941, the Federal Council decided to create the Überwachungsgeschwader. Those pilots also served as flight instructors for new pilots. From 1966 the UeG operated the Militär-Helikopter-Rettungsdienst (military helicopter rescue service) as a supplement to the civilian SAR. The surveillance squadron had its headquarters on the

Dübendorf Air Base Dübendorf Air Base () was a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force northeast of Dübendorf in Switzerland, located east of Zürich. It includes the Flieger-Flab-Museum. History The search for a suitable site for an airfield started in 190 ...

and had disbanded by the end of 2005.

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Flieger-Flab Museum
* Daniel A. Furrer: ''60 Jahre Ueberwachungsgeschwader.'' Säntis Medien, Herisau 2001. * Das Ueberwachungsgeschwader. L'Escadre de surveillance 1992- 2005, Ruckli, Hanspeter; Urscheler, Adrian Verlag: Baden Verlag Baden, 2006 ISBN/GTIN978-3-85545-141-8 * {{Swiss Air Force Squadrons & Units Air force units and formations of Switzerland Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 2005 Dübendorf

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