Tag: Mobile Deployment Wing
SAAF Colour Parade explainer
Friday’s SA Air Force (SAAF) Colour Parade was brought on – literally – by the ravages of age.
Brigadier General Donavan Chetty, Director Corporate Staff...
SAAF resilience needed amid global conflicts and humanitarian crises – Mbambo
Ongoing conflicts and natural disasters are increasing demand for South African Air Force (SAAF) assets, but a lack of funding is hampering operations and...
Base clean-up and DoD gender seminar at Mobile Deployment Wing
The SA Air Force (SAAF) Mobile Deployment Wing (MDW), formerly Air Force Base (AFB) Swartkop, has been a hive of activity with a base-wide...
SAAF explains disappearance of AFB Swartkop name
Air Force Base Swartkop, the oldest base in South Africa, has ceased to exist, the SA Air Force (SAAF) has said.
The facility, which also...
Farewell AFB Swartkop, hello Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing
It probably went completely unnoticed by the thousands who thronged the oldest base in the SA Air Force (SAAF) earlier this month for the...
