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No project name needed for SAAF C-130BZ Hercules work

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Spending a billion Rand to upgrade two ageing SA Air Force (SAAF) medium transport aircraft does not necessitate a project being registered. That’s the word...

SAAF Hercules fleet begins UK upgrades amid funding challenges

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SAAF C-130BZ Hercules 409 left Air Force Base Waterkloof on the evening of 8 August for a lengthy flight to the United Kingdom for...

Upgrading the SAAF’s ageing C-130BZ Hercules fleet would cost R1.6 billion

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The Department of Defence (DoD) is exploring upgrading the SA Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ Hercules fleet at a cost of R1.6 billion. According to a...

Maintenance and replacement parts for SAAF C-130BZs

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The major movers of men and materiel in the SA Air Force (SAAF) – 28 Squadron’s small and shrinking number of vintage C-130BZ Hercules...

C-130BZ recovery team quarantined at AFB Swartkop

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An SA Air Force (SAAF) technical team was quarantined at the country’s oldest air force base – Swartkop – after returning from assisting with...

Crashed C-130BZ in DR Congo coming back to SA

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The 28 Squadron C-130BZ Hercules (tail number 403) involved in a runway excursion in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in January will be...

Hercules in runway excursion at AFB Ysterplaat

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A South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ Hercules ended up off the runway after landing at Air Force Base (AFB) Ysterplaat on Sunday morning...

Salvage work underway on Hercules C-130BZ 403

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SA Air Force (SAAF) technical personnel are stripping usable components from C-130BZ (tail number 403) next to the runway at Goma Airport in Democratic...

SAAF Herc still languishing outside at Goma

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Hercules C-130BZ (registration 403) is currently a coronavirus victim and has not been moved from where it unceremoniously stopped after a runway excursion in...

Forensic investigation into crashed C-130BZ underway

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A forensics team arrived in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week to start the laborious task of investigating a damaged...

Parliamentary Defence Committee wants more information on C-130BZ crash

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Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) is keeping a weather eye on the forensic investigation into the runway excursion by an...

Update: SAAF C-130BZ Hercules crash lands in DRC

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A C-130BZ Hercules transport aircraft of the South African Air Force (SAAF) crash landed at Goma airport in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

SAAF can only put two C-130s into the air at any...

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Ever-increasing demands coupled to diminishing resources are putting what was once called "The Pride of the Nation" into an unenviable situation. According to...

South Africa still in the dark over SAAF Cuba flight

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Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party shadow defence and military veterans minister Kobus Marais and defenceWeb are both being kept in the dark...

Parliamentary question asked about C-130BZ Cuba flight as SANDF still silent

With still no word from the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) on the recent C-130BZ Hercules flight to Cuba and back, an...

SAAF C-130BZ lands at St Helena, now back in SA

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The SA Air Force (SAAF) is not telling, despite being asked, where one of its C-130BZs was going when it landed on...

Transformation amongst highlights of 28 Squadron

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The qualifying of the first black female C-130 Hercules commander is one of the transformation highlights emphasised by the South African Air...

Kellstrom and Astra supplying spares for SAAF C-130s

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US-based company Kellstrom Defence Aerospace and South Africa's Astra Aircraft Corporation have been awarded a contract to support the South African Air...

South Africa and the US talking about replacement C-130s

Acquisition of transport aircraft to replace the SA Air Force's (SAAF) ageing C-130BZs has, by at least one account, been underway for...

C-130BZ still the SAAF transport workhorse

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The backbone of the SA Air Force's (SAAF) airlift fleet – 28 Squadron and its ageing C-130BZs – have again been on...

60 years of the Herc

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Saturday (August 23) is a milestone in the world of military aviation marking the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the...

Latest DRC troop rotation again highlights SAAF airlift problems

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The lack of airlift capacity in the SA Air Force (SAAF) is widely acknowledged. What apparently is not being as widely acknowledged...

28 Squadron takes NSRI crew aboard for maritime flight training

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28 Squadron is widely recognised as one of the hardest working units in the SA Air Force (SAAF) with its more than...

2013 to be a numbers year for 28 Squadron

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The South African Air Force's (SAAF) only dedicated airlift unit, based at AFB Waterkloof, marks its 70th anniversary in June. At the...

Time to start working on C-130BZ replacement is now

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It could be termed "a call to action" or even a friendly warning but the meaning is clear – unless those tasked...