Garth Calitz Feb 25, 20206 min readSANDF Armed Forces Day 2020 – Weapons Capability DemonstrationPhotos by Andre Venter and Trevor Cohen Polokwane, the Capital city of the Limpopo Province, was a hive of military activity the last...
Garth Calitz Aug 20, 201913 min readSAAB - From Piston Fighter to Mighty Gripen EThe year was 1937, the world was on the brink of another world war. Sweden wanted to equip the armed forces and build up its own, strong...
Garth Calitz and Andre VenterFeb 5, 20193 min readThe SAAF Celebrates its 99th BirthdayThe South African Airforce was formed on the 1st February 1920 and has seen service in World War II, the Korean War and later the...
Garth Calitz Apr 23, 201818 min readSAAB JAS 39 GripenSAAB JAS 39 Gripen In the late 1970s, Sweden sought to replace its ageing Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen. The Swedish Air Force...
Garth Calitz Sep 10, 20173 min read2 Squadron, The Flying CheetahsThe squadron was established on 1 October 1940 they served as part of 1 Bomber Brigade in the North and East African Campaign and later...
Jarryd SinovichSep 3, 20172 min readSAAF Youth Aviation Awareness DemonstrationThe South African Air force (SAAF) descended on Eldorado Park South of Johannesburg on Friday 2nd September for a youth aviation...
