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Pietersburg -
The South African Air Force (SAAF) gave an impressive spectacle of raw power during its Air Capability Demonstration earlier this week. The event was for invited VIPs and selected media, and Digital Journal was there.
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Pretoria -
The aircraft of the South African Air Force Museum had their outing at the country’s oldest military airfield, Swartkop in Pretoria, during the monthly “Flying Day” which allows pilots to keep current and gives youth a chance to see aircraft.
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Pretoria -
The South African Air Force remembered its dead of two world wars and subsequent conflicts as well as others who in peacetime.
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Pretoria -
A former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) P-51D Mustang fighter surprised onlookers at the first South African Air Force (SAAF) Flying Day of 2011 at the Swartkop Museum by an unexpected visit from nearby Lanseria Airport, near Johannesburg.
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Pretoria -
New figures show the South African Police Services (SAPS) are slowly turning the tide on major crimes in South Africa, but much of their success has to do with high-tech equipment and inter-departmental cooperation.
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Pretoria -
The South African Air Force (SAAF) turns 90 this year and its air show 90 Years on Golden Wings celebrated this event. Digital Journal spoke to SAAF spokesman Colonel Bill de Pinho and asked what it meant to have such a long heritage as an air force.
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Durban -
A highly-experienced parachutist of the South African Air Force (SAAF’s) elite Golden Eagles Parachute Team has been killed while preparing for the Virginia Air Show in Durban.
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Pretoria -
The 90-year anniversary of the Silver Queen flight is also the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of the South African Air Force (SAAF). I spoke to a descendant of SAAF founder, General Jan Smuts.
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The South African Air Force (SAAF) has established a Board of Inquiry for an unusual accident last week in which a civilian passenger accidentally ejected from a two-seat trainer during tight manoeuvres.
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A 60 year-old paratroop transport and a top-notch fighter were in the news here this week, one retired and the other prepared for a new lease on life.
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