Saairforce.co.za Website Review

  Website kindly sponsored by Wingrin Consulting - Corporate Intelligence and due diligence The SA Air Force (SAAF) has 17 newly minted pilots in its ranks, along with 10 new navigators and flight engineers. Read More.. Welcome to my privately run, unofficial website on the South African Air Force. It is maintained by myself during my (limited) spare time so please read the Terms of Use. I hope you enjoy the experience and visit again soon. All suggestions are welcome, as are old uniforms, squadron badges, patches, memorabilia, books, etc. - DEAN WINGRIN A new book on the personal history of the SAAF has been launched. Titled TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS - STORIES FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE, 1920 - 2010, the book has been compiled by Dean Wingrin who personally interviewed and corresponded with nearly all the The South African Air Force (SAAF), formed on 1 February 1920, is the second oldest air force in the Commonwealth. The air arm played a SAAF as*isted Rhodesia in the 1960s and ’70s, made a major contribution to the ‘Border’ or ‘Bush’ war in South West Africa and Angola, participated in the transition to a new democracy in South Africa and continuously supports South African peace missions in Africa. It has also as*isted in countless relief and rescue missions in southern Africa throughout this entire period. However, the SAAF is not just about aircraft and ordnance; it is made up of people and it is in this compilation that these people, airmen and ground crew alike, find their voice. These are their stories, all told in the first person by the actual participants as unvarnished, unabbreviated and intensely immediate and personal recollections. Through their stories of heroism, duty, adventure and tragedy, the reader will follow the history of the SAAF prior to 1939 to the To complement the stories, the final chapter includes a collection of squadron pub songs from the Second World War, Korea and the Border The highly successful formal launch took place at the SAAF Museum Flying Training Day, Zwartkop airfield, on Saturday 2 February 2013.