5 Oct 1982 – The Officer Commanding #Ondangwa Air Force base – Colonel De Villiers pours champagne on the head of Cobus Toerien in a South African Air Force tradition to celebrate an air combat “kill”.

This ceremony was to celebrate the shooting down of Mig-21 by Major Johan Rankin on the same day, Kobus Toerien was Rankin’s wing man in the en…Read More

20 Feb 1988: 72302342PM Major Edward Richard Every from 1 Squadron was Killed in action when his Mirage F1AZ, Serial 245 was shot down by a Soviet #SA-13 Gopher Surface-to-Air Missile at Cuatir near Menongue while on an operational sortie over Southern Angola. The aircraft crashed in flames and disintegrated on impact with the ground. He has no…Read More

#Hurricane MKII 1 Squadron #WW2

1 Squadron #Spitfire IX in #Italy with a 500 lb bomb under the belly. #WW2

1 Squadron mechanics #WW2 #Spitfire

1984 Namibia/South West Africa Angolan Border – A highly regarded officer in The South African Air Force – Jan Henning, is seen here standing in front of his French built Mirage fighter jet. Note the specially designed protective revetment (pen) for these fighters behind him. AFB #Ondangwa #MirageF1

South African Air Force Dassault Mirage F1 AZ No 217 #MirageF1

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Martin Maryland Mark II, 1655, of the SAAF, is refuelled at Ma’aten Bagush, #Egypt. #WW2

#Buccaneer no. 418 at AFB #Ysterplaat during SAAF 50

Hit the Floor it’s 24!!. This famous mantra comes about because of South African Air Force’s 24 Squadron’s love of the low level attack during the Bush War, and this image shows us exactly what they mean by low level.

#24Sq #Buccaneer 414 flying at low level in the Renosterkop area on 20 March 1991. The Pilot was Clive Pienaar and the Strik…Read More

This must be one of the most beautiful and spectacular photos ever taken of a South African Air Force #Buccaneer. The photo was taken on 17 September 1985 while the Buccaneer formation, returning from a sortie during Ops #Weldmesh, was crossing the Okavango river with the setting sun in the background.

This photo was on the cover of Brig-Gen…Read More

Wreck of Boston III Z2291 ‘M’ of 12 Squadron SAAF #WW2