Tag: Silver Falcons
PC-7 Mk IIs in mid-air incident
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) confirmed a mid-air “incident” involving two training aircraft last month while preparing for the Africa Aerospace and Defence...
Silver Falcon number one marks two thousand cockpit hours
Silver Falcon team 84 commander, SA Air Force (SAAF) Major Sivu Tangana logged the two thousand hour milestone on the aerobatic team’s PC-7 Mk...
Silver Falcons take a pause
The South African Air Force’s Silver Falcons aerobatic display team is taking a break from all air shows and events primarily due to the...
Silver Falcons gearing up for 2018 season
Team 82 of the Silver Falcons is busy getting ready for the 2018 air show season and will perform its first display...
Silver Falcons 50th anniversary getting ever closer
Silver Falcon number one, Commandant (Colonel) Chris Prins, is no longer alive and sadly, cannot be part of the SA Air Force...
AFB Langebaanweg to host first Western Cape airshow since 2015
When the gates at AFB Langebaanweg open to the public on Saturday, December 9, it will be the first time in more...
Silver Falcons 50th promises to be an anniversary of note
The "cockpit ambassadors" of the SA Air Force – the Silver Falcons – will this year mark the 50th anniversary of the...
Partnership adds value to the Silver Falcons
In May this year the Silver Falcons, to many the flagbearers of one of the oldest air forces in the world, touched...
Silver Falcons to mark 50th anniversary at Langebaanweg
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the SA Air Force's (SAAF) aerobatic team – the Silver Falcons – and it will...
Silver Falcons a ‘major asset’ for SAAF
Veteran air show commentator Brian Emmenis has called the South African Air Force's (SAAF's) aerobatic team a "major asset" for the Air...
SAAF to have a big presence at Museum air show
The South African Air Force (SAAF) will contribute half a dozen aircraft to the annual SAAF Museum air show at AFB Zwartkop...
Silver Falcons to perform at Rand Show
The South African Air Force's (SAAF's) Silver Falcons aerobatic display team will be performing at the Rand Show on its opening weekend,...
Zambian Air Force to display L-15 fighter-trainers at AAD
The Zambian Air Force will, according to the organisers of the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, have its recently acquired L-15...
Gallery: Newcastle Air Show
Several dozen aircraft, from Soviet-era jets to locally built light aircraft, and aided by parachutists and an S63 AMG sports car, entertained...
Silver Falcons flying high in 2015
The Silver Falcons certainly have been flying the flag for the South African Air Force (SAAF) this year with no less than...
Drone brings Silver Falcons aerobatic display to a premature halt
The drone incident that disrupted the Silver Falcons display during the official opening of the Rand show is being investigated by the...
2014 Wings Parade will see public debut of Silver Falcons team...
When SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang affixes brevets to the chests of 20 young airmen at AFB Langebaanweg...
New leader for the Silver Falcons
The official aerobatic display team of the South African Air Force (SAAF) has a new team leader.
Team 77 will be led by...
Silver Falcons’ new spinner unveiled at Navy Festival
The Silver Falcons really turned it on for the thousands of people who attended the Navy Festival in Simon's Town this past...
Large SANDF presence at Durban Land, Sea Air Festival
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be out in full force at the Durban Land, Sea and Air Festival later...
Silver Falcons to make nine appearances this year
The SA Air Force's (SAAF) Silver Falcons aerobatic team will take to the skies for nine displays this year with crowds at...
Falcons to fly regularly again
Public appearances by the Silver Falcons are set to resume after the crack aerobatic team's displays were earlier this year curtailed by...