The squadron «La UNE» is part of the Lufttransportgeschwader 1 together with the Lufttransport Staffel 5 (French Escadrille Transport Aérien 5 ).
The coat of arms of the Lufttransport Staffel 1 is a black bat before an orange number 1 on a green background .
The Lufttransport Staffel 1 was founded in 1965 and is a helicopter squadron of the French speaking part of Switzerland.
If necessary, the Lufttransport Staffel 1 also supports the civilian authorities (e.g., in police operations, in the fight against forest fires or in the case of evacuations due to avalanches) and monitoring the border on surveillance flights.
A team of the airfield commando Payerne and thus also the Lufttransport Staffel 1, consisting of 2 pilots and 3 mechanics, has been doing a 16-week mission in Kosovo in 2002 for the KFOR.