60 Squadron still active as VVIP transport unit
Fourteen years after its last sortie – delivery of a Boeing 707 to the SA Air Force (SAAF) Museum at Air Force Base (AFB)...
Companies in SAAF tender collusion fined R2 million plus
It’s taken the Competition Commission and its tribunal over five years to rule on a collusive tendering issue for the SA Air Force (SAAF)...
Niger receives second ex-US C-130 Hercules
Niger’s Air Force has officially taken delivery of the second of three C-130H Hercules transport aircraft from the United States.
The US military formally transferred...
No easy ride for new Makhado GOC
Three days after officially assuming command of SA Air Force (SAAF) base Makhado, Brigadier General Lance ‘Lancelot’ Mathebula had to take notice of a...
SAAF Gripens grounded
The South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) Gripen fleet is temporarily grounded, with no aircraft serviceable, due to a lack of funding and maintenance and...
Italian Air Force visits SA on study tour
Two Italian Air Force aircraft, a KC-767 tanker and a C-130J Super Hercules transport, spent a week in South Africa as part of an...
UKZN fires up rocket engine aimed at satellite launch vehicles
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN’s) Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG) has successfully tested a liquid propellant rocket engine as the first step towards developing...
Mbambo awards long service medals to SAAF members, sets scene for changes to come
The South Africa Air Force (SAAF) honored its long serving members yesterday (25 November) with a medal parade at Air Force Base Swartkop.
The event...
Pentagon to form new group to investigate UFOs
The United States Department of Defense late on Tuesday said it will establish a new group to investigate reports on the presence of UFOs in restricted...
Changes coming for the SAAF
Change is coming to the SA Air Force (SAAF) with the officer in overall command, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, reported as saying it is...
SA’s top soldier right on decline upon a decline in the SANDF
South Africa’s senior soldier – SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief – General Rudzani Maphwanya has it spot on in that the decline upon...
