SAAF Museum Flying Day – Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence
Every month on the first Saturday of the month the South African Airforce Museum entertain the locals with a flying display from years...
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Garth Calitz
Oct 1, 20195 min read
Barnstormers MFC – Warbirds Airshow
I arrived at the Barnstormers Model Flying Club airfield on Sunday, with no idea what to expect as I had never been to a model aircraft...
Garth Calitz
Jul 2, 20193 min read
Friendly Fire Incident that Almost Changed History
The course of South African, and maybe even World history was almost changed on the 31 October 1940. SAAF 2 Squadron Hawker Furies were...
Garth Calitz, Trevor Cohen and Andre Venter
Jun 4, 20196 min read
Newcastle Airshow 2019 – "I Can Dream"
After a very busy few weeks the South African Airshow Machine made its way to the Northern KwaZulu Natal town of Newcastle for what was...
Dries Beetge
May 29, 20191 min read
Presidential Inauguration Fly-pasts - In Pictures
Seven SAAB JAS-39 Gripen Frontline Fighters from 2 Squadron Hercules C130BZ from 28 Squadron accompanied by six Pilatus PC-7 Astras from...
Garth Calitz and Andre Venter
Sep 26, 20185 min read
AAD 2018 Airshow Day Two
As day two of the AAD 2018 Public days arrived it seemed as if the weather was going to live up to its reputation of ruining at least on...
Garth Calitz
Sep 26, 20186 min read
AAD 2018 Airshow Day One
After two long years the day finally dawned African Aerospace and Defence (AAD) was back in town, this must be the most anticipated...
Garth Calitz
Aug 7, 20183 min read
South African participation in the Korean War
Just a year after the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) contributed towards beating the blockade of West Berlin; the SAAF’s services were...
Jarryd Sinovich and Trevor Cohen
Dec 11, 20173 min read
SAAF LANGEBAANWEG AIRSHOW 2017
The day finally arrived, the most awaited show of the year. Air force Base hosted the Langebaanweg Airshow 2017 on the 9th December....
Garth Calitz
Sep 10, 20173 min read
2 Squadron, The Flying Cheetahs
The squadron was established on 1 October 1940 they served as part of 1 Bomber Brigade in the North and East African Campaign and later...
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