85 Combat Flying School SAAF
85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF). It is a jet flight-training and combat operations school, it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersburg (It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967). It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersburg. The school also has a wartime reserve role, although it has publicly been stated that the school will not be used operationally unless a very urgent need arises. Aircraft used previously :
* Mirage IIIEZ/DZ/D2Z
* Canadair Sabre Mk.6 1975 - 1980
* Atlas Impala Mk.I/II 1972 - 2005
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85 Combat Flying School SAAF
85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF). It is a jet flight-training and combat operations school, it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersburg (It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967). It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersburg. The school also has a wartime reserve role, although it has publicly been stated that the school will not be used operationally unless a very urgent need arises. Aircraft used previously :
* Mirage IIIEZ/DZ/D2Z
* Canadair Sabre Mk.6 1975 - 1980
* Atlas Impala Mk.I/II 1972 - 2005
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1988-10-04
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Detrimento Sumus (Destruction is our Business)
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SWA/Angolan conflict.
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SAAF Bae Hawk Mk. 120
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Jet flight-training and combat operations school
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85 Combat Flying School is a u ...... las Impala Mk.I/II 1972 - 2005
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