The Meiringen Air Base started operations on 1 December 1941 . The base played an important role in the 1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier : the rescue operation was launched and coordinated by the Meiringen air base . The rescue of persons on a glacier with airplanes had never been done before . After World War 2 , an aircraft cavern was built in Meiringen . In the 1970 years the construction of another cavern tunnel was started for the A-7G Corsair II , but because the A-7G was not bought , this construction was completed as an ammunition storage cavern . With the introduction of the F/A -18 the aircraft cavern was rebuilt again and received another tunnel so the aircraft can go straight in and out at the same time . In the inside maneuvering without crane is now possible
1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier
1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier
Meiringen Air Base