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8 unusual facts about South African Air Force


85 Combat Flying School SAAF

85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF).

Cape Garrison Artillery

These units were controlled by the South African Air Force until 1949, when they were transferred to the Army.

Charles Muhire

He attended the South African Air Force Command and Staff College, and subsequently took other air force training courses.

Daniel François Malan

His local MP, Vernon Shearer, telephoned Malan and together with Smith persuaded him to send the South African Air Force to fetch the fish and bring it back to South Africa.

Roy Hesketh

Lieutenant Roy O. Hesketh (born 1915 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; died September 19, 1944 above Great Bitter Lake, Egypt) was a South African racing driver and South African Air Force pilot.

SAAF

South African Air Force, the air operations branch of the South African National Defence Force

SS James B. Stephens

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.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 300

United Nations Security Council Resolution 300, adopted unanimously on October 12, 1971, after supposed violations of Zambian air space by planes of the South African Air Force the Security Council reiterated its stance on sovereignty and territorial integrity and called on South Africa to respect Zambia's.


2012 SAAF Dakota crash

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.

Durban International Airport

No provision was made during the planning and construction of KSIA to accommodate the South African Air Force base at DIA, thus AFB Durban, 15 Squadron and related support units are still operating from this airport.

The airport was used by the South African Air Force and the Police Air Wing during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, before being decommissioned.

Ikan Tanda

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.

Interster

The spaceships used in the show were called Impalas after the South African Air Force aircraft, the locally assembled Italian Aermacchi MB-326.

Kevin Winterbottom

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.

MV Dunedin Star

A Ventura bomber of the South African Air Force, therefore, was sent from Cape Town to drop supplies on the beach for the survivors.

Neville Heath

He was shipped home, but on his way he escaped the guard and headed for Johannesburg where he joined the South African Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of Captain.

No. 262 Squadron RAF

From November 1943 it started to training crews from the South African Air Force with a detachment at Langebaanweg in the Cape Province, it still carried out anti-submarine patrols but began to restrict those patrols to within the South Africa Defence Area.

Northwest African Air Forces

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

Operation Alpha Centauri

In the weeks before the first assault, the 8 G5s were flown in darkness from Rundu to Mavinga (15°47'36 S 20°21'49 E) over 2 nights by South African Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, whilst the remainder of the battery including the gun-tractors drove the distance.

Operation Meebos

The plan involved the use of South African Air Force helicopters flown from mobile helicopter administrative areas (HAA) with a SADF Tactical Headquarters based deep in Angola and protected from possible People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) attacks by 61 Mechanised Battalion.

SS Wafra oil spill

On 10 March 1971, Buccaneer aircraft of the South African Air Force attempted to sink her with AS-30 missiles, but succeeded only in starting a fire.


see also

29 Squadron

29 Squadron SAAF, a unit of the South African Air Force during the Second World War.

Military history of South Africa during World War II

The converted Junkers Ju 86s of 12 Squadron, South African Air Force, carried out the first bombing raid of the campaign on a concentration of tanks at Moyale at 8am on 11 June 1940, mere hours after Italy's declaration of war.

Van Ryneveld

Pierre van Ryneveld (1891–1972), South African World War I flying ace, Royal Air Force officer, and South African Air Force general