South African Air Force, the air operations branch of the South African National Defence Force
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Small Arms Ammunition Factory, six munitions factories built and run by the Australian government during World War II
SAAF | Randy Saaf | 29 Squadron SAAF |
The 2012 SAAF Dakota crash occurred on 5 December 2012 when a Douglas C-47TP of the South African Air Force crashed in the Drakensburg Mountains, KwaZulu Natal, killing all eleven people on board.
85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF).
After the War Saaf worked for Timely Comics, Dell Comics as well as autobiographical comics including "The Clown of Baseball" for Real Life Comics.
During November 2007, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced in Parliament, that the SAAF was to invest R962 million (about US$137 million in 2007 exchange rates) in the helicopter over three years to 2010/2011, in order to bring it up to full operational status.
The crew of the Ikan Tanda were rescued by Oryx helicopters of the South African Air Force (SAAF), and a salvage tug, the John Ross, was dispatched to aid in the recovery of the ship.
Kevin Roy Winterbottom (1955 to 9 June 1976) was a South African Air Force (SAAF) pilot who chose to avoid crashing his stricken Impala jet aircraft in the Monument Park suburb of Pretoria by remaining with his aircraft to the end.
Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF), initially under (acting commander) Group Captain G. G. Barrett and, soon afterwards, Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Lloyd: comprised No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group's anti-shipping coastal force (10 squadrons: Greek, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), South African Air Force (SAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF); and
Later on the same day a SAAF Mirage shot down an Angolan MiG-21.
Previously before its retirement the SAAF operated the Westland Wasp for the SAN in the anti-submarine warfare role.
The remaining 13 survivors were rescued six days after the attack by a SAAF crash boat one mile (1.6 km) off Durban, after they were spotted by another aircraft.