NEWS & EVENTS - DISPOSALS
29 May 2002
New buyer for Mirage F1AZ fleet?
Disposals
The defence minister of a Francophone African country is this week visiting South Africa to discuss the acquisition of the latter's retired Mirage F1AZ fleet. The aircraft can be updated with Russian technology (missiles and engines). An example ...
19 April 2002
New plans for Ysterplaat
Disposals
SAAF BULLETIN19 April 2002: No 10/2002BULLETIN: PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO CLOSURE OF AFB YSTERPLAATSAAF Bulletin 1/2002 dated 15 February 2002 contained the details concerning the migration of AFB Ysterplaat to Air Force Station Cape Town at Cape Town ...
6 March 2002
Tooth Rock range leased to abalone company
Disposals
An 111-hectare piece of government owned land, formerly known as the Tooth Rock weapons range near Saldanha in the Western Cape, has been leased to a company for the development of an abalone farm. The property would be leased for a period of 10 year...
19 February 2002
AFB Ysterplaat rethink
Disposals
Ysterplaat air base, until recently earmarked for closure has been given a new lease on life.The air force base is to be used in the short term for President Thabo Mbeki's flights instead of Cape Town International. And if plans go according to s...
8 November 2001
Mirage F1's sold?
Disposals
A SAAF official stated on November 8: "We appear to have found a buyer for the Mirage F1AZs."Twenty-one F1AZs had been put up for sale, toegether with all the related support equipment, following their official retirement from SAAF 1 Squadr...
28 September 2001
Mirage III AWOL!
Disposals
If anyine knows the current whereabouts of Mirage IIICZ 808, please tell me!She was last seen outside a Casino near Nelspruit....
28 September 2001
Museum sells two Mirage III's
Disposals
Mirage IIIBZ 818 and Mirage IIICZ 809 are to be sold and will be based at Pietersburg (with the Super Sabre)....
28 September 2001
SAAF to retire Cheetah C's
Disposals
It would appear that the SAAF is about to retire 20 Cheetah C's....
8 May 2001
Ysterplaat migration plans revealed
Disposals
I have finaly been allowed to disclose the preliminary migration plans from AFB Ysterplaat to AFS Cape Town.In terms of the plan, the migration must be completed by 31 March 2002. As a result of the migration, both CFS Langebaanweg and AFB Ysterplaat...
3 April 2001
Government property custodian starts selling redundant military bases
Disposals
The Department of Public Works has held a one-day conference for property developers, investors and financiers interested in buying and developing redundant state property, including a number of military bases. They included, in the Western Cape, for...
7 March 2001
Official SAAF statement re: AFB Ysterplaat
Disposals
Sorry about the delay, but the pressures of (paying) work has kept me too busy, but herewith the official SAAF statement:'SAAF BULLETIN 2 March 2001: No 05/2001 SAAF Short-Term Plan - AFB Ysterplaat The South African Air Forc...
5 March 2001
AFB Ysterplaat to close!
Disposals
It was announced today that the SAAF is scaling down operations at AFB Ysterplaat with immediate effect and that they would vacate the base by March 2002.As the deed of lease states that the property must remain an airfield, there is the possibility ...
8 January 2001
Transall sale hits controvosy
Disposals
Top Armscor officials are likely to meet in Pretoria this morning to discuss reports of about R2 billion damages suit against the state armaments agency. This follows reports yesterday that two disgruntled US businessmen had given a local attorney a ...
4 January 2001
Further Transall details revealed
Disposals
It has been reaveled that Heli-Lift Ltd of the UK was awarded a tender on 10 November 2000 for marketing and sales distribution rights for eight aircraft, together with spares and other related equipment. The contract is worth R170 million (&po...
19 October 2000
17 Military bases for sale
Disposals
Seventeen SA National Defence Force bases will be put on the market from January, Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau has announced in Parliament. The disused bases, worth a few million rand, should attract private buyers because many border urban ar...
13 October 2000
Transall on/off sale off again!
Disposals
The Afrikaans daily, Beeld, reports the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has placed the sale of eight ex-SAAF C160 Transall transports on hold for reasons not altogether clear. The paper said the disposal service of Armscor (the D...
6 October 2000
Which bases are closing?
Disposals
I can now reveal which airforce base is due to close which I first alluded to on 17 April this year!AFB Ysterplaat may cease to be a AFB from early 2001. It is still to be decided whether keep it open as a civil airport for light aircraft or to devel...
11 September 2000
Transall's sold
Disposals
Armscor's Stock Sales Division recently sold eight of the SAAF's retired C160 Transall transports to an unidentified foreign buyer. The aircraft have been parked on a hard stand at AFB Waterkloof since around 1995. Several plans were formulat...
11 September 2000
Alouette III to be withdrawn
Disposals
The Alouette III utility helicopters may be withdrawn from service towards the end of the year, although the Agusta A109M will only be delivered in a few years time. ...
11 September 2000
Purchase your Impala Mk I or Alouette III now!
Disposals
It would appear that South Africa's arms control body, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee has granted Armscor permission to sell the Impala Mk2 trainer as well as the Alouette light utility helicopter to interested enthusiasts indiv...
14 June 2000
SAAF Alouettes for Swaziland
Disposals
South Africa has donated three ex-SAAF Alouette III helicopters to Swaziland....
27 October 1999
SAAF in favour of common cockpits
Disposals
The SA Air Force says it is keen to retire its old fighter platforms in order to achieve a common cockpit design. The Ministry of Defence has also come out in favour of the concept, that will see South Africa's new generation medium fighters (JAS...
22 October 1999
SAAF Aircraft Sales
Disposals
It has been reported that the following aircraft are for sale:6 x C160Z Transall medium transports, with spares and support equipment for R168-million; 14 x Cheetah C fighter aircraft with spares and support equipment for R84-million; 3 Cheetah D (tw...
15 June 1999
New SAAF Hercules retired
Disposals
The newest Hercules to join the SAAF fleet, ex-USN C-130F (411), was retired at the beginning of the month as the total number of flight hours has now been achieved. Hercules 411 was the first SAAF Hercules to be painted in the new gray scheme.C-130F...
4 May 1999
HS 125 Retired
Disposals
The SAAF has retired it's three elderly HS 125 VIP aircraft and they are now available for disposal....
New buyer for Mirage F1AZ fleet?
Disposals
The defence minister of a Francophone African country is this week visiting South Africa to discuss the acquisition of the latter's retired Mirage F1AZ fleet. The aircraft can be updated with Russian technology (missiles and engines). An example ...
New plans for Ysterplaat
Disposals
SAAF BULLETIN19 April 2002: No 10/2002BULLETIN: PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO CLOSURE OF AFB YSTERPLAATSAAF Bulletin 1/2002 dated 15 February 2002 contained the details concerning the migration of AFB Ysterplaat to Air Force Station Cape Town at Cape Town ...
Tooth Rock range leased to abalone company
Disposals
An 111-hectare piece of government owned land, formerly known as the Tooth Rock weapons range near Saldanha in the Western Cape, has been leased to a company for the development of an abalone farm. The property would be leased for a period of 10 year...
AFB Ysterplaat rethink
Disposals
Ysterplaat air base, until recently earmarked for closure has been given a new lease on life.The air force base is to be used in the short term for President Thabo Mbeki's flights instead of Cape Town International. And if plans go according to s...
Mirage F1's sold?
Disposals
A SAAF official stated on November 8: "We appear to have found a buyer for the Mirage F1AZs."Twenty-one F1AZs had been put up for sale, toegether with all the related support equipment, following their official retirement from SAAF 1 Squadr...
Mirage III AWOL!
Disposals
If anyine knows the current whereabouts of Mirage IIICZ 808, please tell me!She was last seen outside a Casino near Nelspruit....
Museum sells two Mirage III's
Disposals
Mirage IIIBZ 818 and Mirage IIICZ 809 are to be sold and will be based at Pietersburg (with the Super Sabre)....
SAAF to retire Cheetah C's
Disposals
It would appear that the SAAF is about to retire 20 Cheetah C's....
Ysterplaat migration plans revealed
Disposals
I have finaly been allowed to disclose the preliminary migration plans from AFB Ysterplaat to AFS Cape Town.In terms of the plan, the migration must be completed by 31 March 2002. As a result of the migration, both CFS Langebaanweg and AFB Ysterplaat...
Government property custodian starts selling redundant military bases
Disposals
The Department of Public Works has held a one-day conference for property developers, investors and financiers interested in buying and developing redundant state property, including a number of military bases. They included, in the Western Cape, for...
Official SAAF statement re: AFB Ysterplaat
Disposals
Sorry about the delay, but the pressures of (paying) work has kept me too busy, but herewith the official SAAF statement:'SAAF BULLETIN 2 March 2001: No 05/2001 SAAF Short-Term Plan - AFB Ysterplaat The South African Air Forc...
AFB Ysterplaat to close!
Disposals
It was announced today that the SAAF is scaling down operations at AFB Ysterplaat with immediate effect and that they would vacate the base by March 2002.As the deed of lease states that the property must remain an airfield, there is the possibility ...
Transall sale hits controvosy
Disposals
Top Armscor officials are likely to meet in Pretoria this morning to discuss reports of about R2 billion damages suit against the state armaments agency. This follows reports yesterday that two disgruntled US businessmen had given a local attorney a ...
Further Transall details revealed
Disposals
It has been reaveled that Heli-Lift Ltd of the UK was awarded a tender on 10 November 2000 for marketing and sales distribution rights for eight aircraft, together with spares and other related equipment. The contract is worth R170 million (&po...
17 Military bases for sale
Disposals
Seventeen SA National Defence Force bases will be put on the market from January, Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau has announced in Parliament. The disused bases, worth a few million rand, should attract private buyers because many border urban ar...
Transall on/off sale off again!
Disposals
The Afrikaans daily, Beeld, reports the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) has placed the sale of eight ex-SAAF C160 Transall transports on hold for reasons not altogether clear. The paper said the disposal service of Armscor (the D...
Which bases are closing?
Disposals
I can now reveal which airforce base is due to close which I first alluded to on 17 April this year!AFB Ysterplaat may cease to be a AFB from early 2001. It is still to be decided whether keep it open as a civil airport for light aircraft or to devel...
Transall's sold
Disposals
Armscor's Stock Sales Division recently sold eight of the SAAF's retired C160 Transall transports to an unidentified foreign buyer. The aircraft have been parked on a hard stand at AFB Waterkloof since around 1995. Several plans were formulat...
Alouette III to be withdrawn
Disposals
The Alouette III utility helicopters may be withdrawn from service towards the end of the year, although the Agusta A109M will only be delivered in a few years time. ...
Purchase your Impala Mk I or Alouette III now!
Disposals
It would appear that South Africa's arms control body, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee has granted Armscor permission to sell the Impala Mk2 trainer as well as the Alouette light utility helicopter to interested enthusiasts indiv...
SAAF Alouettes for Swaziland
Disposals
South Africa has donated three ex-SAAF Alouette III helicopters to Swaziland....
SAAF in favour of common cockpits
Disposals
The SA Air Force says it is keen to retire its old fighter platforms in order to achieve a common cockpit design. The Ministry of Defence has also come out in favour of the concept, that will see South Africa's new generation medium fighters (JAS...
SAAF Aircraft Sales
Disposals
It has been reported that the following aircraft are for sale:6 x C160Z Transall medium transports, with spares and support equipment for R168-million; 14 x Cheetah C fighter aircraft with spares and support equipment for R84-million; 3 Cheetah D (tw...
New SAAF Hercules retired
Disposals
The newest Hercules to join the SAAF fleet, ex-USN C-130F (411), was retired at the beginning of the month as the total number of flight hours has now been achieved. Hercules 411 was the first SAAF Hercules to be painted in the new gray scheme.C-130F...
HS 125 Retired
Disposals
The SAAF has retired it's three elderly HS 125 VIP aircraft and they are now available for disposal....
