Fliegerstaffel 4

Fliegerstaffel 4
4ème Escadrille
Squadriglia d'aviazione 4
squadron emblem Fliegerstaffel 4
Activein Second World War-2000
CountrySwitzerland
BranchSwiss Air Force
RoleRecon squadron
Garrison/HQPayerne Air Base

The Fliegerstaffel 4 (Squadron 4) of the Swiss Air Force, and belonged to the Überwachungsgeschwader with professional military pilots. Their home base at the dissolution was the Payerne Air Base and the Fliegerstaffel 4 was equipped with Mirage IIIRS . The Fliegerstaffel 4 carried as the coat of arms the AMIR badge (AMIR = Aufklärer Mirage (reconnaissance Mirage)). This badge shows on a white ground a falcon head drawn with black lines, the neck of which is filled with blue color. The beak rises above the round badge, above the head of the falcon is the red number 4. Except for the number 4, the badge is identical to the AMIR badge of the Fliegerstaffel 10 and the Fliegerstaffel 3 (they had a number 10 resp. 3 In the badge).