Neither Spain nor France: the European country that has refused to allow US military aircraft to fly over its territory

Switzerland’s Federal Council has announced that it had reviewed several requests from U.S. military aircraft seeking permission to fly over the country. Based on its neutrality law, the Swiss government denied two flights connected to the war in Iran.

“The law on neutrality prohibits overflights by parties to the conflict that serve a military purpose related to the conflict. Permitted are humanitarian and medical transits, including the transport of wounded persons, as well as overflights that are unrelated to the conflict,” the Council said in a statement.

The Federal Council rejected two overflight requests scheduled for March 15, 2026, but approved three others, including a flight authorization following the completion of maintenance for March 17, as well as two requests for transport aircraft overflights on March 15.

The Swiss government clarified that future requests demonstrating no connection to the conflict would be approved. On the other hand, requests for overflights that “exceed normal traffic and the purpose of these overflights cannot be determined” will be denied. It also confirmed that requests related to humanitarian and medical flights, including the transport of injured individuals, will be approved.

U.S. allies show reluctance to support the war

On Friday, President Donald Trump claimed that he had “beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way” but also called for the formation of an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz. However, he has not received the level of support he expected.

U.S. allies have been hesitant to respond to Trump’s request to send warships to help transport oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated that the strait is “out of NATO’s area of action.”

Nevertheless, during an event at the White House on Monday, the U.S. president insisted that he does have support from certain countries. Trump said that “Many Countries” have told him they are “will be sending War Ships” to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, though he declined to provide a list of those that have agreed. He acknowledged, however, that some countries are less enthusiastic.

The president also stated that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would make an official announcement soon about which countries would join the U.S. to protect the strait. “They’re coming already. They’ve already started to get there; you know, it takes a little while to get there.It’s like, in some cases, they have to travel an ocean. So it’s doesn’t go that fast, but it’ll go fast. And we have some that are fairly local that are doing it,” he said.

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