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JHB To
Boston: Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
January is the
month of high summer in the African bush. Then the heat
shimmers on everything under a bleak blue sky. Life here is
for those who laugh at discomfort. People who come from here
are a breed apart ....
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Going solo
in the “mosquito”
The fact that
people say “the Robbie is the most difficult helicopter to
master”, made us five newly qualified SAAF pilots a bit wary
of going solo in it for the first time. However, it was
nothing but pure bliss! ....
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A109
Operational Conversion Course (Occ) Deployment To Dragon
Peaks Park
Monday 26
October 2009 was to most members of AFB Bloemspruit (AFB
BSPT) just another normal Monday, but for the OCC students
at 87 Helicopter Flying School (87 HFS) it signalled the
beginning of the end of ....
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Ministry
Of Defence And Military Veterans Republic Of South Africa
On December 1,
2004 Cabinet approved the participation of the South African
Government, through the Departments of Public Enterprises,
Trade & Industry and Defence in the A400M programme through
the purchase . ....
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Joint Air
Defence Symposium Raises Hope On Security
Top
representatives of the South African National Defence Force
(SANDF), international military experts and analysts
converged at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), eastern Pretoria, on 14 to 15 October. ....
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SAAF Fund
Donates A Cheque To A Welfare Organisation
The benefits
of donations are legion because they help the needy and, at
the same time, give an opportunity to the donor to display
generosity by giving to the people most in need in order to
sustain them. ....
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SAAF Choir
Blows Judges Away
The SAAF choir, formerly
known as the Waterkloof Choir, began in 1991 at AFB
Waterkloof. The choir built a reputation for themselves,
winning various trophies in competitions. ....
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Welcome
Home: Air Force Base Waterkloof’s Runway Is Officially Open
His
Excellency, Mr J.G. Zuma, President of the Republic of South
Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the South African National
Defence Force, officially declared the strategic runway of
AFB Waterkloof clear for operations again. ....
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SA DoD
Watching Climate Change
Defence
minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the Department of Defence has
yet to commission a specific study on the effect of climate
change on regional security , although they generally
include it in their planning. ....
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