The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter of the Royal Air Force, built by Supermarine during the 1950s. After a protracted development period, the Swift entered service as an interceptor, but, due to a spate of accidents, its service life was short. A photo reconnaissance variant resolved some of the Swift's teething problems.

Tragedy began to strike early on in the career of the Swift, with a number of accidents occurring with the F.1 and F.2, one ending fatally. Due to these accidents, the F.1 was grounded in August in the same year it had entered service, while the F.2, which had replaced the F 1 in August, was also soon grounded. All fighter variants of the Swift were eventually withdrawn from service by the RAF, after only a brief time in service, and were replaced by the more capable Hawker Hunter. The FR.5 was deemed to be suitable for its role and was based with RAF Germany during the Cold War.

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This model, by Kazunori Ito, represents a Swift of 79 Squadron based at RAF Gutersloh, Germany, late 1950s.