Meiringen Air Base – Swiss F/A‑18 Hornets launching from tunnels hewn into mountain – taxiing past snowy peaks and rivers – pilots navigating a valley so narrow sunlight hides at winter noon – every ...

Tucked deep in the Swiss Alps, Meiringen Air Base looks quiet — until it suddenly isn’t. This is one of Switzerland’s last active jet airfields and the only one where fighter jets still operate ...