Patrouille Suisse - BACKSTAGE

Patrouille Suisse – BACKSTAGE is now commercially available in bookshops (Switzerland, Germany, Austria). It can also be purchased at amazon (Europe and Japan), the Patrouille Suisse Fanclub , various Web shops, e.g. the Air Shop Luftwaffe , and at air force museums.

Contents – The fascinating world of Patrouille Suisse : documented up close, spectacularly staged. Patrouille Suisse is the aerobatic display team of the Swiss Air Force. In new, mostly large-format images spread out over 100 pages, two photographers show this extraordinary team carrying out a fascinating job – on the ground and in the air, onstage and behind the scenes, during training exercises and at air shows in Switzerland and abroad.

Born 1960 in Arosa, Graubünden, Switzerland. 1981–1986 studies at the University of Zurich with the special fields of software ergonomics (user interface, man-machine communication), perception psychology and media. Since 1990, independent acquirements relating to information design, digital imaging, photography/video, publishing/consulting, 3D-computer graphics, software engineering and Apple computer support.

Wikipedia - Tokunaga started his career in the backseat of a United States Air Force T-33A Shooting Star in 1978. To date he has flown between 50 and 60 fast jets in some 50 countries, logging 1400 flight hours.[1] He has also flown with and photographed the British Royal Air Force Red Arrows, Japanese Blue Impulse, Canadian Snowbirds, Croatian Wings of Storm, Chilean Air Force Halcones, French Patrouille de France, Italian Frecce Tricolori, Portuguese Asas de Portugal, Slovak Biele Albatrosys, Spanish Patrulla Aguila, Swedish Team 60, Swiss Patrouille Suisse, Swiss PC-7 Team, United States Air Force Thunderbirds, United States Navy Blue Angels and Yugoslavian Letece Zvesdes.

He also published many books including 'Smoke Trails: The last of the F-4 Phantoms' (in cooperation with Jamie Hunter), 'Super Blue' and 'Top Teams'.