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Swiss Air Force could renounce to four air bases

Berne, Switzerland - This programme would fall into the general military spending cutting policy

Switzerland intends to start a military spending cutting policy and it seems that the force which is mainly going to suffer for such decision is just the Air Force. With reference to it, it was thought at first to transfer some of its tasks to the other armed forces. After excluding such hypothesis, it was then thought to lower operative efforts but finally it has been decided to resort to the closure,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 100830
Rome, Italy, 07/29/2004 11:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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