Tag: AFB Waterkloof
Russian air force delegation visiting South Africa, but Tu-160 bombers postponed
A Russian Aerospace Forces delegation is currently in South Africa on a goodwill visit, five years after a similar tour brought two Tu-160 strategic...
SAAF personnel hear force is asset rich but cash poor
Four weeks after Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof hosted a successful Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief Lieutenant General...
All boxes ticked at AAD 2024 – exhibition organisers
Africa, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 was, according to the exhibition organisers, “a resounding success”.
Hosted from 18 to 22 September at Air Force Base...
Liberation fighters’ remains returned to SA
Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof was dutifully sombre yesterday (Wednesday 25 September) when the mortal remains of nearly 50 liberation fighters who passed away...
SA President Ramaphosa to officially open AAD 2024
This month’s Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof will be opened by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also...
Minister Motshekga told the SAAF is critical to national security
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, was the second chief of an SA National Defence Force (SANDF) service to host Defence...
AAD youth programme needs funding
With less than a month before the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2024 exhibition opens its doors for business, an important exhibition component needs...
AAD visitor and media registration opens
Gearing up for this year’s Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition has reached the stage where trade visitor and media accreditation is up and...
AAD 2024 host Armscor aiming for good exhibitor and visitor ROI
In a smidgen under seven months Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof in Centurion will open its gates to the Aerospace Africa and Defence (AAD)...
AAD exhibition space already half taken
With just over six months before the AAD (Africa Aerospace and Defence) 2024 exhibition opens its doors for business at Air Force Base (AFB)...
More questions on Russian “delivery” aircraft at AFB Waterkloof
Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald, while noting the Lady R judicial inquiry is preparing its report, will again question the Defence and...
AFB Waterkloof Il-76 arrival criticised
Last week’s arrival of a Russian Il-76 transport at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof is, according to two opposition political parties, not good for...
Body of SA airman killed in DR Congo arrives home
The mortal remains of South African Air Force (SAAF) Sergeant Vusimusi Mabena, killed by a sniper in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were...
AAD 2022 ready to rock
Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD), billed by its organisers as the continent’s premier exhibition of its kind, opens tomorrow (Wednesday, 21 September) with a...
Drones to fly during AAD 2022 for the first time
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, will have a high profile at this year’s Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, as they will for the...
CAF meets and briefs attachés
The Swedish defence attaché in South Africa, responding at an SA Air Force (SAAF) briefing, said the ubuntu concept of “humanity” or “humanity toward...
AFB Waterkloof fire “an accident”
No evidence of foul play or sabotage was discovered by SA Air Force (SAAF) investigators following a fire at the bulk fuel installation at...
AFB Waterkloof fire investigation complete
An investigation into Sunday’s fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof is complete with the next step being South Africa’s top soldier “applying his...
Minister Modise will be questioned on Waterkloof fire
Sabotage as the cause of Sunday’s fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof was unequivocally ruled out by senior communication officers from both the...
SANDF investigating cause of fire at Air Force Base Waterkloof
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has launched an investigation into the cause of a fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof on...
New CATCO at SAAF Centre of Transport Excellence
AFB Waterkloof, apart from being home to the VIP squadron of the SA Air Force (SAAF) and its transport squadrons, regularly hosts international dignitaries...
AFB Waterkloof management working hard under difficult circumstances – Marais
Air Force Base Waterkloof, once known as the SA Air Force’s (SAAF) centre of transport excellence is a title the current base boss is...
Contractor appointed to rehabilitate sinkholes at AFB Waterkloof
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure wants steps taken to ensure AFB Waterkloof’s operational efficiency is not affected by ground subsidence.
Following an...
Koloane “name dropped” to speed up Gupta’s AFB Waterkloof flight clearance
The final day of submissions into the Gupta touchdown at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof six years ago at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry...
More Gupta charter landing testimony at Zondo Commission
The 2013 landing of a Gupta-chartered jet aircraft at AFB Waterkloof is still under the spotlight of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture...
CAF tells Zondo Gupta landing at AFB Waterkloof “hurt”
A second day of submissions to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture heard South Africa’s most senior airman admit that...
Gupta AFB Waterkloof landing back in the spotlight
The infamous and apparently illegal use of AFB Waterkloof by an airliner chartered by the Gupta family more than six years ago this week...
Hundred plus aircraft expected at AAD
Aviation enthusiasts will be well catered for at this week's Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition at AFB Waterkloof with no less...
CASA, Diamond and Gulfstream among aircraft brands coming to AAD
With Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2018 literally around the corner, exhibition lead partners the Commercial Aviation Association of SA (CAASA) confirmed...
AFB Waterkloof turns 80
AFB Waterkloof today (August 1) marks its 80th anniversary.
It started life on 1 August 1938 as Waterkloof Air Station as a practice...
Gupta landing at AFB Waterkloof again under the Parliamentary spotlight
It's been more than four years but the apparently illegal touchdown at AFB Waterkloof of a chartered civilian aircraft carrying passengers bound...
Transformation amongst highlights of 28 Squadron
The qualifying of the first black female C-130 Hercules commander is one of the transformation highlights emphasised by the South African Air...
AAD 2016 exceeded expectations – Armscor chief executive
Trade visitors to last month's Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition at AFB Waterkloof numbered just short of 34 000 over the...
Parliamentary Defence Committee fact-finding visit to SANDF facilities and bases
A senior SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Forces officer told members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans that...
SAAF to have a large presence at AAD
The South African Air Force (SAAF) will have at least 10 different aircraft types, complemented by SAAF Museum aircraft, on display –...
Even models destined for AAD must have official stamps of approval
Imported models being exhibited at the upcoming Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show at AFBe Waterkloof need to go through official channels...
AAD access and parking to be painless – Wakeford
The access and parking problems experienced by trade day visitors to Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) two years ago will not happen...
AAD on track to be a premier event
The countdown to September 14 continues inexorably on and behind the scenes the work rate at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD)...
AAD exhibitors have to comply with South African arms and weapons...
The organisers of this year's Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition have obtained the necessary approval from the National Conventional Arms Control...
AAD exhibitor list growing
Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2016 is still seven months away and exhibition organisers are already reporting more than 50 contracted exhibitors,...
AAD exhibitor list growing
Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2016 is still seven months away and exhibition organisers are already reporting more than 50 contracted exhibitors,...
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...
AAD has got the NCACC nod
All the right boxes have been ticked and there's no danger of this year's Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition being called...
January 29 is Air Force Day
Air Force Day will, as usual, be marked by the SA Air Force (SAAF) on the closest Friday to February 1, widely...
SAAF 95 not exactly top of mind
With just five months left to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the SA Air Force there is not much visible evidence of...
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...
Full military honours for SANDF Chief Logistics
Full military honours will be accorded Lieutenant General Bongani Mbatha, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief of Logistics, when he is...
Last Guptagate charges withdrawn; SAAF officers to lodge civil claims
With civil claims looming against any number of Cabinet Ministers and the President in the wake of charges being withdrawn against the...
Guptagate still dragging on
One of two SA Air Force (SAAF) officers still facing charges in connection with the landing of a private jet at AFB...
Air Force Day parade
Friday, January 30, is Air Force Day and the South African Air Force (SAAF) will use AFB Waterkloof in Centurion to mark...
