The SAAF’s Options for Tactical Airlift
Regardless of procurement choices, there will remain a need for a smaller and cheaper types.
South Africa’s Airlift Crisis
The South African Air Force (SAAF) faces an airlift crisis. While the demands on its fleet continue to increase, including larger and riskier missions thousands of kilometres from South Africa, its aged transport aircraft are unable to keep up and the stopgap chartering of Illyushins and Antonovs has proven to be unreliable when it mattered.
Inside the South African Defence Review
In this podcast John Stupart and Darren Olivier discuss the defence review and its implications.
The future of air power in Southern Africa
As the political, economic and technological aspects of countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) change, the region’s air power balance and structure is likely to shift.
SA’s Military: Scrabbling for Petrol Money
Expected to do more operations in its democratic incarnation with less money than before, the cracks are beginning to show in the South African National Defence Force. It’s time to face up to the poverty taking root in the armed forces, argues JOHN STUPART.
Angola’s New Su–30Ks
Angola has purchased 12 Sukhoi Su–30K fighter aircraft from Russia. Does it matter?