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C-130, CASA C.212, Cessna Caravan. The South African Air Force ( SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. The South African Air Force was established on 1 February 1920. The Air Force saw service in World War II and the Korean War. From 1966, the SAAF was involved in providing ...
The South African Air Force's top priority is to acquire new strategic airlift aircraft to replace its ageing C-130BZ Hercules. In 2005 South Africa became a partner in the A400M airlifter programme when it purchased eight (with an option for a further eight) of the transport aircraft. The first aircraft was due for delivery to the SAAF in 2010 ...
Asphalt. Air Force Base Makhado ( ICAO: FALM ), formerly Air Force Base Louis Trichardt, is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is the SAAF's northernmost base, situated at Louis Trichardt near the border with Zimbabwe, as well as being its most modern, and is known unofficially as Fighter Town, RSA. The base motto is Castrum Borealis ...
85 Combat Flying School SAAF. SWA/Angolan conflict. [1] 85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF). It is a jet flight-training and combat operations school, it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersburg (It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967). [1] It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to ...
South African Air Force Museum. The first winged flight in South Africa is thought to have been made around 1875 by John Goodman Household in a primitive glider in the Karkloof district of Natal. [1] The first powered flight is attributed to the French aviator Albert Kimmerling on 28 December 1909 at East London flying a Voisin 1907 biplane.
The academy is a military unit of the South African National Defence Force ( SANDF) housing the Faculty of Military Science of the University of Stellenbosch. It provides officers of all the arms of service an opportunity to earn a BMil or more advanced degrees. See Military science ยง University studies.
The South African Air Force College ( SAAF Col) is the South African Air Force institution responsible for a wide range of general air force training to both commissioned and non-commissioned officers. For commissioned officers and cadets, the College provides initial commissioned officer training as well as junior command and staff training.
1994. 56. UAV. Milkor 380. South Africa. MALE UCAV. 2024. 5 [10] The largest UAV to be manufactured in South Africa and in Africa, it has an endurance of up to 35 hours of flight time and a payload capacity of 210 kg.