Divisional general
Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French (Revolutionary) System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army co ...
Claude Meier is a Swiss professional officer (Divisional general) of the
Swiss Armed Forces.
Current tasks
As Head of the Army Division of the Swiss Army, Divisional general Meier is responsible for the most important business concerns in the
Defense Department, and is directly responsible to the
Chief of the Armed Forces. He is responsible for the operational implementation of the political and military strategic guidelines and instructions for action. He is responsible for the development, planning, resource allocation and control of the army at the close of the political-strategic and operational-tactical level. He is a member of the army leadership.
[Porträt von Claude Meier](_blank)
auf der Website der Schweizer Luftwaffe
The Swiss Air Force (german: Schweizer Luftwaffe; french: Forces aériennes suisses; it, Forze aeree svizzere; rm, Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914 as a part of the army a ...
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Milestones
* 1985 Entry as a professional military pilot in the ("Surveillance Squadron": the professional military pilot unit) of the
Swiss Air Force
The Swiss Air Force (german: Schweizer Luftwaffe; french: Forces aériennes suisses; it, Forze aeree svizzere; rm, Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914 as a part of the army an ...
. As a pilot and flight instructor he was active during the nineties, among other things, in the project introduction of the
BAE Hawk
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey, in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and ...
jet training aircraft and was an air combat instructor on the
F-5 Tiger[''Oberst i Gst Claude Meier wird neuer Chef Armee](_blank)