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AFB Swartkop
Museum open day at AFB Swartkop
IATA: none ICAO: FASK
Summary
Elevation AMSL	4,780 ft / 1,457 m

AFB Swartkop (ICAO: FASK) is an air force base in South Africa. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum. The name of the air force base, Swartkop (originally Zwartkop), is the combination of the Dutch words "zwart" and "kop", translated into Afrikaans, and it means Black head in English.

Runways

Runway number	Length	Width	Surface
02/20	1987 metres (6520 ft)	30 metres (98 ft)	Asphalt
06/24	2008 metres (6589 ft)	45 metres (147 ft)

History

In april 1921 Zwartkop (which was a farm at the time) was acquired to build the airfield. The SAAF claims Swartkop is the second oldest airstation in the world and the oldest operational airstation in the world.

The Chief of the South African Air Force opened the relocated SAAF Museum at AFB Swartkop in 1993.

South African Air Force Memorial

The South African Air Force Memorial is located at Swartkop outside Pretoria. It contains an honour roll of SAAF personnel who have been killed on duty.

References

"World Aeronautical Database". Retrieved 2009-06-12.
"AFB Waterkloof". South African Air Force. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
"Formation of the SAAF". saairforce.co.za. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
"SAAF online news archive 2005". South African Air Force. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
"History of the South African Air Force". South African Air Force. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

v t e South African Air Force
Leadership	Chiefs of the Air Force Sergeants Major of the Air Force
Active squadrons	2 15 16 17 19 21 22 28 35 41 44
Training and development units	68 Air School 80 Air Navigation School 85 Combat Flying School 87 Helicopter Flying School Central Flying School Test Flight and Development Centre South African Air Force College
Formation aerobatic teams	Silver Falcons
Reserve squadrons	101 102 104 105 106 107 108 110 111
Disbanded air and training squadrons	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 20 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 42 43 50 60 103 109 112 114 86 Multi-Engine Flying School 88 Maritime Training School 89 Combat Flying School
Disbanded air defence squadrons	120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
Wings of the SAAF	2 3 5 7 8 21 24 25
Bases	AFB Bloemspruit AFB Durban AFB Hoedspruit AFB Langebaanweg AFB Makhado AFB Overberg AFB Swartkop AFB Waterkloof AFB Ysterplaat AFS Port Elizabeth
Training areas	Roodewaal Bombing Range Ditholo Training Area TAB Upington Vastrap Weapons Area
Equipment	List of current and historical SAAF aircraft List of weapon systems of the South African Air Force
History	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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