Tag: 21 Squadron
Dlamini defends Presidential charter flight
The Department of Defence (DoD), in the form of its Head of Communication (HoC), came out with verbal guns blazing to defend a chartered...
Tenders out for support of two SAAF aircraft types
Armscor tenders to supply product support for two aircraft in the SA Air Force (SAAF) fleet currently await response from prospective bidders.
One tender, to...
Defence Minister’s report on Harare flight reaches Ramaphosa’s office
President Cyril Ramaphosa should act immediately and “not wait for (Defence and Military Veterans Minister) Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s compilation of yet another report to exonerate...
Tyre burst touchdown for the Deputy President
What can politely be termed “an eventful touchdown” was reportedly experienced by Deputy President David Mabuza “compliments” of 21 Squadron, the SA Air Force...
SAAF seeking support services for its Falcons
Nothing having been made public to the contrary, the SA Air Force (SAAF) is still operating in austerity mode with acquisition replaced by maintenance...
Inkwazi flying again
President Cyril Ramaphosa had to wait 10 months before he could make use of the South African Air Force's presidential aircraft for...
21 Squadron apparently didn’t transport VVIPs in 2017/18
The latest Department of Defence (DoD) annual report has it the SA Air Force (SAAF) logged 496.3 hours flying government VVIPs and...
SAAF moving to make 21 Squadron airworthy
Steps are being taken to make the SA Air Force's (SAAF) VIP transport squadron airworthy again with the latest development being a...
No maintenance contracts in place for 21 Squadron aircraft – so...
A telling question has been asked by Congress of the People (COPE) chief whip, Deidre Carter, after her party was told the...
21 Squadron VVIP transport budget “blown” by millions
Another Parliamentary question put to Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has shown the SA Air Force (SAAF) "blew its budget" for VVIP and VIP...
SAAF improving its maintenance capability
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General "Zakes" Msimang is confident the VVIP transport squadron will have a better aircraft availability rate...
More SAAF VIP flight headaches
The South African Air Force has reportedly used up its VIP flight budget for the current financial year but has to find...
Is a replacement for 21 Squadron’s Falcon 900B on the way?
The acquisition of a new presidential jet seems to have fallen off the radar but there is a new and, at this...
Armscor now has letter of tasking for VVIP aircraft acquisition
Armscor has received a letter of tasking regarding procurement of a VVIP aircraft, the acquisition agency's General Manager: Marketing And Business Development...
Is funding for a new VIP aircraft coming from the SDA,...
Dr Sam Gulube, Secretary for Defence, more than three years ago confirmed acquisition of VVIP aircraft was considered a SCAMP (Strategic Capital...
Armscor knows “nothing” about any new VVIP aircraft acquisition
Weekend reports have it the SA Air Force (SAAF) plans to acquire a regional aircraft, probably a mid-size bizjet, for use by...
Armscor knows “nothing” about any new VVIP aircraft acquisition
Weekend reports have it the SA Air Force (SAAF) plans to acquire a regional aircraft, probably a mid-size bizjet, for use by...
Revamped SAA Airbus A340-600 to become new presidential aircraft?
President Jacob Zuma's flight to New York aboard an SAA jet last Friday is proof positive South Africa does not need to...
Zuma and Ramaphosa want to fly SAAF – Presidency
The Presidency has entered the fray around the apparent non-use of Inkwazi by South Africa's first citizen saying President Jacob Zuma would...
Defence Minister adamant a VVIP aircraft will be leased
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is adamant the SA Air Force (SAAF) will acquire a new VVIP aircraft and until...
Back to square one for VVIP aircraft acquisition
No less than four different options were investigated by Armscor when it came to acquiring another VVIP aircraft for the SA Air...
A Presidential Flight rather than 21 Squadron ?
It would make sense for the Presidency in association or partnership with the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) to take...
Zuma to fly to France in another bizjet shadowed by Inkwazi
When President Jacob Zuma and his entourage take off for France next month it will be aboard the latest 21 Squadron acquisition...
SAAF mission and training flying hours cut in favour of VVIP...
Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party shadow defence and military veterans minister Kobus Marais says the increase in VIP flying hours allocated to...
New VVIP aircraft still on government shopping list
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is insistent a new VVIP aircraft will be acquired for the SA Air Force (SAAF)...
SAAF now looking to lease a VIP aircraft
Outright purchase of a VIP configured inter-continental aircraft for the South African Air Force (SAAF) appears to have been shelved – at...
SAAF leaves Ramaphosa in the lurch – again
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was at the weekend forced to use land-bound transport to return to Pretoria after technical problems with the...
Inkwazi could have brought Zuma home from Burundi – claim
There was nothing major wrong with the presidential jet Inkwazi when it was announced last month President Jacob Zuma had been left...
More questions around Inkwazi grounding
With President Jacob Zuma back from his latest foreign policy endeavour in strife-torn Burundi, questions are again being asked about the Presidential...
Another ‘technical problem’ for Inkwazi
The issue of acquiring another VIP aircraft has again come to the fore following a technical problem that kept the Presidential BBJ...
Armscor keeping mum on VIP aircraft acquisition
An Armscor project team has compiled a report for its chief executive following submissions of Requests for Information (RFI) for another VVIP...
Armscor keeping mum on VIP aircraft acquisition
An Armscor project team has compiled a report for its chief executive following submissions of Requests for Information (RFI) for another VVIP...
Short acquisition timeframe means new VIP squadron addition likely to be...
If Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's stated aim of having another VIP aircraft on the apron at Air Force Base...
Armscor looking for quick turnaround on new SAAF VIP jet acquisition
The issuing of a Request for Information (RFI) for an inter-continental VIP aircraft for the SA Air Force (SAAF) last week is...
Mapisa-Nqakula will not make public presidential flight cost details
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has refused to give Parliament details of presidential flights involving the South African Air Force...
The Presidential “flying circus”
An already financially stressed SA Air Force (SAAF) is going to have to find an extra R2 million in the wake of...
More VIP aircraft for 21 Squadron
Indications are the SA Air Force (SAAF) will have at least three more VIP aircraft in service at 21 Squadron before year-end...
Defence, finance ministers to meet on VVIP aircraft
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is set to meet her finance colleague, Pravin Gordhan soon to start a new...
Almost 1000 ferry flights in four years: PQ
Answers to Parliamentary questions show the South African Air Force either directly through regular and reserve units or charter flights, authorised over...
SAAF has conducted 362 helicopter VIP flights over last three years,...
The South African Air Force has conducted 362 flights using its helicopters to transport VIPs since 2009, costing R45 531 228.6, according...
Zuma Boeing going – but new VVIP aircraft to come
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the military is not now buying a new Boeing 777-2-LR aircraft for President...
Statement: SA Minister of Defence Mapisa-Nqakula: VVIP transport
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans response to reports relating to the Government's decision to procure transportation for the country's VVIPs
6 Jul...
Zuma spent R140 million on VIP flights since 2009
President Jacob Zuma has spent R140.5 million on VIP flights since 2009, flying 286 times aboard SAAF VIP aircraft and chartered jets,...
Statement: SAAF VVIP flights
The South African Air Force wishes to release state the following to clarify and give more perspective to the issue debated...
More confusion on Zuma flight
The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party says the defence department's handling of the questions surrounding the back-up aircraft used to shadow President...
Backup plane used to shadow Zuma
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a "backup plane" was chartered to shadow President Jacob Zuma's jet during his recent visit to...
DA to probe VIP back-up flights for President Jacob Zuma
The opposition Democratic Alliance party says it wants to know why it was necessary to charter a second aircraft to shadow the...
President still doubling up on VIP transport
Despite the re-introduction of the airforce Presidential jet back into service, a second chartered aircraft is still following the President on his...
No emergency landing for Motlanthe: MoD
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says a charter aircraft carrying Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe did not make an emergency landing in Wellington,...
SAAF to refurbish Falcon 900, R70m budgeted
The South African Air Force is to refurbish its sole Dassault Falcon 900 VIP (Very Important Person) transport assigned to 21 Squadron...
