Swiss Hornet went supersonic during scramble

A Swiss Air Force F/A-18 went supersonic during a scramble on Jul. 29 at around 2:50pm local time. The sonic boom was heard in the city of Lausanne.

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Peter Gronemann from Switzerland [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


The military says two Hornets took off from Emmen air base in order to check on an aircraft that lost radio contact.

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