It was home to the Fighter Squadron 8, whose fleet included the :EKW C-35, :Messerschmitt Bf 109, :de Havilland Vampire, :de Havilland Venom and the :Hawker Hunter.
Two aircraft were designed by the Eidgenössische Konstruktions Werkstätte to replace the Fokker C.Ve which the Swiss Air Force were using.
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The two projects were the EKW C-35 biplane and the EKW C-36 monoplane.
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The EKW C-35 was a 1930s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, K+W), Thun.