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Angola's Su-30Ks are not a serious threat to the South African Air Force
A recent article in Netwerk24 asserted that Angola’s recent purchase of Su-30Ks poses a serious threat to South Africa’s security and air power capabilities. […]
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SAAF Oryx hit by small arms fire in DRC
A South African Air Force (SAAF) Oryx medium transport helicopter was hit by three to four rounds of small arms fire yesterday, 4 May 2015, between 11:45 and 12:15 local […]
Defence Industry
The Rooivalk Attack Helicopter
The Rooivalk Attack Helicopter is a product of decades of South African defence design and manufacturing ingenuity. African Defence Review presents some of the basics of […]
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VVIP Charters and the South African Air Force
This article originally appeared in the November edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It is republished here with minor edits. The subject of chartered VVIP […]
Podcast
AAD Day Three: A400M, Impressions, and the Air Show
John Stupart and Darren Olivier discuss the Airbus A400M’s real world possibilities, impressions of the trade show in general, and what to expect for the […]
Strategy
The SAAF’s Options for Tactical Airlift
This article originally appeared in the May edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. It has received minor edits to bring it up to date. In my last post I described […]
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The future of air power in Southern Africa
This article originally appeared in the February edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. As the political, economic and technological aspects of countries in the […]
Strategy
Angola's New Su–30Ks
This article originally appeared in the January edition of SA Flyer and FlightCom magazine. The only change has been to revise the number of aircraft acquired from 18 to […]
News
Rooivalk attack helicopters perform well in first combat action against M23
Yesterday, at approximately 17h00 Congolese time, two South African Air Force Rooivalk helicopters attached to the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade flew the […]
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The State of South Africa's C-130s
ADR has tracked the ongoing state of the South African Air Force’s fleet of C-130 aircraft, which appear to be in various states of repair. Interesting to note that […]