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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 ...
Farman aircraft purchased from France in 1914. World War I broke out in August 1914, and one month later South African troops invaded German West Africa. Early in the German West African campaign, the Union Defence Force had realised the need for air support – having frequently seen German reconnaissance aircraft above their advancing columns and later, having been strafed by German aircraft.
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.
Umbani PGM. Hawk Mk 120 (Integrated but not acquired) [ 3] Free-fall Bomb. Reunert Technology Systems [ 4] 120 kg Fragmentation Bomb [ 1] Gripen C, Gripen D, Hawk Mk 120. Reunert Technology Systems [ 4] 120 kg Low-Drag Bomb [ 1] Gripen C, Gripen D, Hawk Mk 120.
Inkwazi is a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ / Boeing 737) aircraft that serves as the primary mode of air transportation for the President of South Africa. Operated by 21 Squadron South African Air Force, the aircraft has a seating capacity for six ministers and ten additional passengers. [ 1] It cost R300m to acquire and another R108m to fit and ...
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 § University studies.
A109 LUH, Oryx. 21 Squadron. VIP Transport. Air Force Base Waterkloof. 550/1 Citation II, Boeing 737-7ED (BBJ), Falcon 50, Falcon 900B. 22 Squadron. Rotary. Air Force Base Ysterplaat. Oryx, Super Lynx 300.
AX 1939-1945. 1 Squadron SAAF was an air force squadron of the South African Air Force and was formed at Air Force Station Swartkop in February 1920, equipped with De Havilland DH.9s part of the Imperial Gift donation to South Africa by Britain. On 31 August 1939 the squadron was re-designated as 1 Bomber/Fighter Squadron and this was then ...