Air Force Station Port Elizabeth
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
08/26 | 1,980 | 6,496 | Asphalt |
17/35 | 1,677 | 5,501 | Asphalt |
10/28 | 1,160 | 3,805 | Grass |
Air Force Station Port Elizabeth is a South African Air Force facility situated on the north-eastern side of the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport main runway. It was downgraded from an Air Force Base in the early 1990s.[1]
It is home to C Flight of 15 Squadron which currently operates four BK 117 helicopters. Their primary role is maritime and landward search and rescue. Conversion to AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters has been postponed due to delays in developing emergency flotation equipment for the type, thus precluding its use in a maritime environment.[2]
Units hosted
- C Flight of 15 Squadron
- 108 Squadron - Territorial Reserve Squadron operating various civil light aircraft in the utility transport role.[3]
See also
- Port Elizabeth branch of the SAAF Museum - another SAAF facility located at the airport
References
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- Roodewaal Bombing Range
- Ditholo Training Area
- TAB Upington
- Vastrap Weapons Area
- History of the South African Air Force
- List of obsolete weapon systems of the South African Air Force
- South African Air Force Memorial
- South African Air Force Museum
- Military history of South Africa
- South African Air Force in World War I
- South African Air Force in World War II
- South African Air Force in the Korean War
- South African Air Force in the Bush War
- SAAF squadron identification codes
- Official website: www.af.mil.za
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