Tag: 16 Squadron
A year’s worth of work ahead to make three Rooivalks airworthy...
December next year is when three Rooivalk combat support helicopters now back in South Africa are expected to return to service.
That’s the official word...
New bosses for AFB Bloemspruit units
Air Force Base (AFB) Bloemspruit, the SA Air Force (SAAF) helicopter centre of excellence, has new commanders for its two flying units.
Lieutenant Colonel Omphile...
DRC Rooivalks notch up a first
Now in its fifth year of deployment with the UN Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a...
16 Squadron honoured with Sword of Peace award
16 Squadron, based at AFB Bloemspruit and the SA Air Force's (SAAF) only combat support rotary wing unit, has been awarded the...
SANDF still part of MONUSCO FIB
South Africa as a troop contributing country to MONUSCO's Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the DRC has re-affirmed its commitment to neutralising...
Gallery: United Nations Rooivalks
In November 2013 three Denel Rooivalks were deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations operation there....
