Together with Lufttransport Staffel 3 it is subordinated to Lufttransportgeschwader 3, Which for its part belongs to the airfield command 2 at the Alpnach Air Base.

The Lufttransport Staffel 4 carries a white numeral 4 as coat of arms, stylized to form the trunk of a helicopter against a blue background.

Lufttransport Staffel 4 can be called up by civilian authorities (eg, police operations, firefighting or in the case of evacuations due to natural disaster[1]) The squadron also flies surveillance flights for the Grenzwachtkorps.

This helicopter was part of the flying display at the Air14, where among others it was flown in formation with the specially painted F/A-18 J-5014, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force.

On September 28, 2016, the Cougar T-338 crashed near the Gotthard Hospice; two militia pilots of the Lufttransport Staffel 4 were killed and the loadmaster seriously injured.