Andre VenterFeb 11, 20202 min readSAAF Museum Flying Day – Celebrating 100 Years of ExcellenceEvery month on the first Saturday of the month the South African Airforce Museum entertain the locals with a flying display from years...
Garth Calitz Feb 5, 20205 min readSAAF Prestige Day Parade – The Inconvenient CentenaryThe 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 readSpitfire 5518 Restoration Project join forces with Performance CentreFor 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 readSAAF Museum Airshow 2019 – Collective HeritagePhotos 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 readNews Letter 6 September 2019Good 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 readSAAF Museum Flying Training day and upcoming AirshowI 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 BeetgeMay 29, 20191 min readPresidential Inauguration Fly-pasts - In PicturesSeven 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 readNews Letter 14 March 2019Good 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 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 Feb 5, 20192 min readSAAF Prestige Awards EveningAirforce Base Swartkop was the host of the South African Airforce Prestige Awards Evening for the 2018 rotation period. While the guests...