THE AIRFORCE - BASES - AIR FORCE BASE OVERBERG
Air Force Base Overberg
"Versatilis"
Status: Current
Co-ordinates: Lat: 34? 33' 1 Long: 020? 15'
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Located next to the Armscor Overberg Test Range (OTB) and de Hoop Missile Test Range, this base, known as TFDC Bredasdorp, became operational in 1987. With the reorganisation in 2004, the base was declared an Air Force Base and the Test Flight and Development Centre became a lodger unit.
Squadrons at this base:
525 Squadron, Test Flight and Development Centre
Aircraft at this base:
Cheetah D, Hawk Mk 120, PC-7 Mk II (Astra)
Other Bases:
AFB Swartkop (now AF MDW), AFB Ysterplaat Detached (Cape Town IAP), Air Force Base Bloemspruit, Air Force Base Durban, Air Force Base Hoedspruit, Air Force Base Langebaanweg, Air Force Base Makhado, Air Force Base Pietersburg, Air Force Base Waterkloof, Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing, Air Force Station Port Elizabeth, Air Force Station Thaba Tshwane, N/A, Other, SAAF Gymnasium, TEK Base