South African Air Force

From Roach Busters

South African Air Force
Active	1912 -
Country	South Africa
Branch	Air Force
Motto	Per Aspera Ad Astra
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	State President Festus Mogae
Commander	Lieutenant General Abel Mawere

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air force of the Republic of South Africa. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through adversity to the stars).

The SAAF is tasked with providing close air support, aerial reconnaissance, and transport support for the other services of the armed forces. Commanding the air force is Lieutenant General Abel Mawere.

Currently, the SAAF employs over 75,000 regular uniformed personnel, augmented by about 3,000 civilians and 4,500 reserve personnel, and operates nearly 1,500 aircraft.

hbtuSb I do`t see a feedback or the other coordinates from the blog administration!...

Contents 1 Equipment 1.1 Aircraft 1.2 Missiles 1.2.1 Surface-to-surface 1.2.2 Surface-to-air 1.2.3 Air-to-surface 1.2.4 Air-to-air 1.3 Bombs

Equipment

Aircraft

• Aermacchi AM.3CM Bosbok observation/reconnaissance aircraft
• Aérospatiale SA 321L Super Frelon heavy transport helicopter
• Agusta A109LUH utility helicopter
• Airbus A400M transport aircraft
• Atlas Carver A/C stealth multirole fighter
• Atlas Oryx M2 utility helicopter
• BAE Hawk Mk.120 LIFT trainer
• Beechcraft Super King Air 200C utility aircraft
• Blackburn Buccaneer S.50 strike aircraft
• Boeing 737-7ED BBJ VIP transport
• Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander light utility/transport aircraft
• CASA C-212 Aviocar transport aircraft
• CASA CN-235 transport aircraft
• Cessna 185A/D/E light utility aircraft
• Cessna 208 Caravan utility aircraft
• Cessna 550/551 Citation II VIP transport
• Dassault Falcon 50 VIP transport
• Dassault Falcon 900B VIP transport
• Denel AH-2A Rooivalk attack helicopter
• Douglas C-47TP Turbo Dakota transport
• English Electric Canberra B(I) 12 bomber
• Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport
• MBB/Kawasaki BK 117A utility/transport helicopter
• McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender air-to-air tanker
• Pilatus PC-7 Mk2 Astra trainer
• Pilatus PC-12 utility aircraft
• Saab JAS 39C/D Gripen multirole fighter
• Transall C-160Z transport aircraft
• Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopter

Missiles

Surface-to-surface

• BGM-71 TOW
• RBS-15

Surface-to-air

• Crotale
• Mistral
• SA-8 Gecko (9K33 Osa)
• SA-9 Gaskin (9K31 Strela-1)
• SA-13 Gopher (9K35 Strela-10)

Air-to-surface

• AGM-65 Maverick
• AS.30
• Ingwe
• Mokopa
• Sea Eagle
• Sea Skua
• TAURUS KEPD 350

Air-to-air

• A-Darter
• AIM-9 Sidewinder
• AIM-120 AMRAAM
• IRIS-T
• Python-3
• R-Darter

Bombs

• GBU-12 Paveway II
• Mark 82