The Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 (German: Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17, Fsch Aufkl Kp 17; French: Compagnie d'éclaireurs parachutistes; Italian: Compagnia di esploratori paracadutisti), also known as the Fernspäh-Grenadiers, is Switzerland's principal special forces unit. They are organized as a militia long-range reconnaissance patrol scout type unit, unlike the full-time counterterrorism Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 (ARD 10) unit. Formed in the 1970s, they fall under the operational control of the Swiss Air Force.