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Exchange duties between various nations (NATO, etc.) is fairly routine. I hadn't realized that famously neutral Switzerland also did this. In this case, presumably, because both the Swiss and the US operate the same type of aircraft (although different generations). I take it that this is not seen as politically questionable?