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The Air Base Alpnach (ICAO code LSMA) is a Swiss Air Force airfield near the town Alpnach in Canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It has a concrete runway with a length of and a width of , as well as several taxiways and hangars. == History == As early as 1929 there was a landing site Alpnach. From 1939 it expanded, first to a landing-place of . 1940 produced two wooden hangars and in September 1942 made by the initial military occupation of the place by the Flying Section 7, which can be regarded as the official start of the airfield.〔(Aus der Geschichte des BAMF, Betrieb Alpnach (PDF; 4,2 MB) ) Artikel in der Hauszeitung «info» des Bundesamts für Militärflugplätze (BAMF), Ausgabe Nr. 4/1995〕 The first concrete runway was built in 1943 between the Eichistrasse and Lake Alpnach. It had a length of . Furthermore, eight type U-43 aircraft shelters and bunkers for command and ammunition were built. As part of the Swiss Reduitstrategie were from 1952 Aircraft cavern built into the rock of the adjacent Mueterschwanderbergs, which also (on the Nidwaldner side) the former Mueterschwanderberg artillery fortress is. 1960, the final cavern facility was officially handed over to the Directorate of Military airfields. Since 1958, operated Venom jets DH-112 from Alpnach. In 1973, the change to Hawker Hunter was made and in 1979 there was a further change to the F-5 "Tiger". Because of the Army XXI reform flight operations from the caverns were terminated.〔(Kavernen ) Informationsseite auf festung-oberland.ch,〕 There have been several extensions of the runway: 1952 to 1500 meters, and finally in 1959 at 1950 meters. The Highway A8 at Alpnach was built so that it could be used as a takeoff and landing runway and was associated with temporary taxiways with the cavern. However, only take-off were made for safety reasons, the landings were made on the normal runway with F-5 "Tiger".〔''Uno Zero Zero – Ein Jahrhundert Schweizer Luftwaffe.'' Aeropublications, Teufen/ZH 2013, ISBN 978-3-9524239-0-5, S. 230〕 From 1947 to 1994, the squadron was stationed in 19 Alpnach.〔(Chronik der Fliegerstaffel 19 ), abgerufen am 30. April 2012〕 On January 20, 1964, the helicopter base of the army was opened at Alpnach. 1994 was the last Swiss Army training services of the troupe (FDT), formerly refresher courses (WK) of the airfield Division 9 in Alpnach. The last fighter aircraft of the type Tiger F-5E took off on 23 September 1995. In 2004, Air Base Alpnach was threatened by the closure of the airfield, but the Obwalden government successfully lobbied for the airfield.〔(''Obwalden hofft - Nidwalden rechnet'' ) Artikel der Neuen Obwaldner Zeitung vom 28. Juli 2004〕〔(Dossier Flugplatz Alpnach )〕 In May 2012, began renovation work on Hangar 2 and 3 and the new building for the Hangar 4.〔(''Investitionen für 32 Millionen Franken geplant'' ), Artikel der ONZ Obwalden und Nidwalden Zeitung vom 21. Juni 2011. Archiviert von der (originalen Online-Version )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpnach Air Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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