Out of the blue into the dark of the valley - Heavy Hornets J-5006 and J-5018 returns to Sion after another Training Mission above the mountains and have to loose quite a lot of height in a couple of miles.
Swiss air force Hornets operated on Operational Integration Exercise 2005 as the unit Überwachungsgeschwader (ÜeG / Operational Air Surveillance Wing) composed of the FlSt 11, 17 and 18. This Hornet is equipped with CATM-9 and CATM-120 missiles.