American-made F/A-18 fighter aircraft took part in the drills on a civilian highway in western Switzerland.
The Swiss air force on Wednesday conducted emergency drills on a major highway in the west of the country, with American-made F/A-18 fighter jets both landing on and taking off from the roadway.The 'Alpha Uno' exercise saw a stretch of the A1 highway between the towns of Avenches and Payerne temporarily turned into a runway.
The Swiss government said the drills were intended to bolster its security preparedness and underscore its concept of decentralizing military assets, making it more difficult for a hypothetical future enemy to destroy key equipment with long-range strikes.Switzerland's air force is largely concentrated at three bases: one in the west of the country near Payerne, one in the central Meiringen region, and one close to Emmen on the outskirts of Lucerne.
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