Long distance rescue by 15 Squadron, 22 Squadron also in action
Treacherous weather and several hundred kilometres of rough flying did not stop the SA Air Force (SAAF) in the form of a 15 Squadron...
GE wins contract to supply Moroccan Apache engines
General Electric Aviation will supply T700 turboshaft engines for Morocco’s 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, which it ordered in June this year.
Morocco will acquire...
Two dead in Kenya MD500 crash
Both pilots were killed when their MD500 helicopter crashed in Kenya on 13 July.
“Today 13th July, 2020, at around 11:30, a Kenya Army helicopter...
Niger receives Mi-171Sh helicopters
Niger has apparently taken delivery of two armed Mi-171Sh helicopters after ordering the aircraft for some $47 million.
According to the website Direct Niger, the...
Moroccan Gendarmerie gets new H125s
Morocco’s Gendarmerie has taken delivery of two new H125 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters, joining its fleet of nearly three dozen aircraft.
The two H125s flew...
SAAF Oryx to the rescue again
An Oryx helicopter from the South African Air Force’s 15 Squadron based at Air Force Base Durban has again come to the rescue of...
UN helicopter shot at in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists shot at a UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) helicopter in northern Nigeria at the weekend reportedly killing two civilians.
President Muhammadu Buhari...
SAAF Drakensberg rescue
15 Squadron, the only SA Air Force (SAAF) helicopter unit in KwaZulu-Natal, literally came to the rescue earlier this week.
The KwaZulu-Natal section rescue team...
Bangladesh Air Force sends Mi-171 helicopters to Central African Republic
The Bangladesh Air Force has sent three Mi-171Sh helicopters to the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The state Inter Services...
Ghanaian Z-9EH makes an emergency landing
A Harbin Z-9EH helicopter belonging to Ghana’s Air Force made an emergency landing on 25 June, but none of the eight people on board...
Question for Public Works and Infrastructure Minister uses defenceWeb information
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille’s R37 million Beit Bridge fence upgrade as part of government efforts to prevent the spread of...
