E very year the most influent personalities from all around the world, such as managers of industry and fi‐
nance, intellectuals, researchers and political leaders, meet together at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in
Davos, a popular mountain resort in Graubünden in the eastern region of Switzerland, to discuss the main is‐
sues facing the world, with a particular interest for this year about the global geopolitical security. And every
year, during the summit, the Swiss Air Force (SAF) ensure the protection over Davos establishing a "no‐fly
zone" with a radius of 46 km and a range between ground to 19500 feet on height.
This year WEF was held from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 January and during these days SAF provided a con‐
tinuous air coverage from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm, while a couple of F/A‐18s was maintained on Quick Reaction
Alert (QRA) for the night hours, ready to take off on few minutes if requested. In addition to ensure the air po‐
licing, the Air Force carried out also surveillance flights and air transport of people and materials with helicop‐
ters, which were available to support the cantonal police if it needed quick transportation of police units in
case of emergency. About 4488 military personnel were deployed to cooperate with the cantonal civil authori‐
ties, providing assistance mainly in the setting up and managing of the security's infrastructures, in the protec‐
tion of the people involved into the Forum, in the control of the access points and in the management of the
logistics.
The air base involved for Combat Air Patrol (CAP) operations is decided with an annual rotation between the
Air Force's bases and for 2015 the main role for WEF operation was the home of Flugplatzcommando 13, ѡ