Tag: C-47TP
C47-TP grounding leaves SAAF with no maritime eyes in the sky
The SA Air Force (SAAF) is stranded when it comes to maritime patrols and the possibility of replacement airframes appearing is slim to non-existent.
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End of an era as SAAF Dakota retirement looms
After 81 years of military service in South Africa, the C-47 Dakota is finally being withdrawn from the South African Air Force (SAAF).
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No maintenance contracts in place for multiple SAAF aircraft types
Armscor does not have maintenance contracts in place for three of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) aircraft types, with challenges finding a C-47TP...
SAAF keeping its C47-TPs in service
The remaining handful of C-47TPs in service with 35 Squadron are in line for maintenance with Armscor seeking suitable suppliers of parts.
The venerable C-47s...
New SAAF transport aircraft apparently still on the cards
The South African Air Force will be getting new medium and light transport aircraft in the next decade, according to the Department...
2012 C-47TP Drakensberg crash was avoidable – Inquiry
The Board of Inquiry (BOI) report into the crash on 5 December 2012 of a South African Air Force (SAAF) C-47TP Dakota...
Questions still being asked around SAAF 2012 Drakensberg crash
It's more than four years since a South African Air Force (SAAF) C-47TP crashed in the Drakensberg, killing all 11 aboard. The...
Airborne maritime surveillance will cost even if aircraft come for free...
Last month members of the SA Air Force's (SAAF) lone maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadron – 35 based at AFB Ysterplaat –...
SAAF to celebrate 80 years of Dakota excellence
The South African Air Force's (SAAF's) 35 Squadron is to celebrate 80 years of Dakota Excellence by hosting a formal banquet inside...
Braddick continues to support SAAF’s turbine C-47TPs
Braddick Specialised Air Services (BSAS), whose precursor Wonder Air converted the South African Air Force's (SAAF's) C-47s to turbine power in the...
SAAF’s ageing C-47TPs keep soldiering on
The South African Air Force's (SAAF's) 35 Squadron, based at Ysterplaat in Cape Town, flies some of the oldest Douglas C-47 Dakotas...
35 Squadron details Operation Copper deployments
35 Squadron, which operates the C-47TP aircraft, has spoken to defenceWeb about its activities in the Mozambique Channel as part of the...
Drakensberg crash board of enquiry still underway
While the Minister might want speedy delivery of the preliminary report into the Drakensberg C-47TP crash the SA Air Force (SAAF) will...
SAAF has “miniscule” maritime capability
The South African Air Force's miniscule airborne maritime capability has become even more miniscule, according to defence analyst Helmoed Römer Heitman.
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Germany and South Africa conclude joint naval exercise in Cape Town
South Africa and Germany yesterday wrapped up the joint naval exercise Good Hope V, which was commanded by South Africans for the...