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
Feb 5, 20205 min read
SAAF Prestige Day Parade – The Inconvenient Centenary
The South African Airforce have celebrated their “birthday” on the Friday closest to the 1st February for as long as most of us can...
Garth Calitz
Dec 4, 20193 min read
Spitfire 5518 Restoration Project join forces with Performance Centre
For all those Aviation Enthusiasts that frequented airshows in the 1990’s will fondly remember seeing the SAAF Museum’s Spitfire Mk-IX...
Garth Calitz
Sep 11, 201910 min read
SAAF Museum Airshow 2019 – Collective Heritage
Photos by the Flightline Weekly Team Swartkops Airforce Base in Centurion, the oldest operational Airforce Base in the World, came alive...
Garth Calitz
Sep 6, 20195 min read
News Letter 6 September 2019
Good day all I come to you today from a wet but verybusy Swartkop Airforce Base, where preparations are in full swing for the annual SAAF...
Garth Calitz
Aug 6, 20193 min read
SAAF Museum Flying Training day and upcoming Airshow
I visited the SAAF Museum on Saturday 3 August for their monthly Flying /Training day in the hope that it would be a bumper day of...
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
Mar 14, 20194 min read
News Letter 14 March 2019
Good day all After a very hectic, yet very enjoyable week in Middelburg we are in for a relatively quiet weekend as far as general...
Garth Calitz and Andre Venter
Feb 5, 20193 min read
The SAAF Celebrates its 99th Birthday
The 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
Feb 5, 20192 min read
SAAF Prestige Awards Evening
Airforce Base Swartkop was the host of the South African Airforce Prestige Awards Evening for the 2018 rotation period. While the guests...
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