Hi, nice to find this! I was there in 1992, January intake. I remember sleeping in tents in Lyttleton at the Mobilisation base, getting kit at the Gym and them going to Hoedspruit in the bus. I was in 403 sqn, flight 1. Cpl Grobler and Pienaar were our instructors. I remember Cpl Oberholzer having flight 6, those guys never learned how to drill properly, but man, could they leopard crawl! The thing I remember most is the crappy food at the lower mess hall and that white parade ground reflecting the heat from below!! Oh, and Cpl Buys with those evil eyes peeking from below his bush hat, with his almost white browns...
I ended up living it up at Waterkloof AFB after going to Bourke's Luck for doggy training and later that year when the new roofies showed up (the last intake for the SAAF) with Cpl Buys in tow, I nearly ran away
Don't know what happened to him, but he ended up in the Seargent Major's office there. 504 sqn. I think Oberholzer went to SLT in Voortrekkerhoogte in the latter part of '92.
Anyone remember Flight Seargent van Der Linde?, Major Gawie Vermeulen?, Segeant Major van der Merwe?? "Korporaals, hulle moet brul soos jong leeus!!!"
Fun times...