Excellent. Now we just need pilots. And technicians. That would be nice. 26 fighters you say? We have 20 pilots available. Do the maths.
Air Force pilots taking off...overseas
No pilots for choppers
Who is going to fly SA's new fighter jets?
SA Air Farce broke and broken
"State of our military a serious cause for concern"
SAAF has just 20 fighter pilots
SAAF losing top technicians
Military staff marching off
South Africa has taken delivery of its fifth Gripen multi-role fighter as part of the SA Air Force’s modernisation and transformation programme.
The aircraft, a dual seat operational type conversion variant, arrived in Cape Town on Saturday 29th November. South Africa ordered 26 Gripens, of which nine are dual seat aircraft.
Deliveries of 17 single-seat fighters will commence when the dual-seat aircraft have all been taken into SA Air Force service with the final aircraft on schedule to be delivered by 2012. The aircraft and associated industrial offset benefits are being delivered according to the schedule stipulated by South Africa when it ordered the aircraft in December 1999.
The SA Air Force Gripen fleet is operated by 2 Squadron, stationed at AFB Makhado in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province.
The first group of six pilot instructors are currently undergoing training on Gripen at AFB Makhado. All six pilots made their first Gripen solo flights on 26 October. The training course is being delivered by Saab instructors.
Apart from the comprehensive conversion to type training for pilots and maintenance technicians, Saab has also provided and delivered Mission Simulators, a Computer Based Training System, and an extensive Logistics Support Package consisting of Ground Support Equipment, spare parts and enabling products that are located at AFB Makhado as well as other SAAF supporting bases.
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Typical 3d world banana republic crap. Cant afford the upkeep of hospitals but we can spend billions on weapons. Thanks Nelson
@ anonymous @ 01:07
Yip, nuff sed. The famous French queen (no, not Liberace) said 'let them eat cake'. While the top dogs are in the high earning brackets, the rest are in squatter camps eating their shoes. I see that FW(you can trust me) and Tutu(save the whales) are calling for an inquiry into the arms deal. What will it help now? The guilty will not go to prison, and the money cannot be recovered. In the meantime money that should have gone to education, medical care, social security, infrastructue, etc, has gone down the pan. I should'nt be surprised, though. The ANC are no different to the rest of Africa.
Monkey see, monkey do.
Lets start in small steps ! Lets first learn how to wash this flying things without braking them.....
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