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In News That Will Shock You to the Core......Only Two out of 26 Gripen Fighters Airworthy in South African Forces:
Only Two out of 26 Gripen Fighters Airworthy in South African Forces: South Africa is one of a number of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet operators, and a unique one at that because it's the only nation to have almost the entire Gripen fleet unflyable. Only 2/26 Gripens in service with the South African Air Force (SAAF) can take off, and it's only part of the broader issue: on paper, the country has as many as 330 combat aircraft but only six of them are actually operable. They have only three flyable Hawk trainers out of 24 they have in the Air Force. (What's the other one that can still fly? A Cessna?). Ahhhhh, it's helicopter. Scary stuff,
The picture is even more grim in the helicopter fleet. Only one among 39 existing Oryx helicopters (licensed version of Puma) can take off; 0/39 Rooivalk attack helicopters, and zero for all other rotorcraft, too.
Fascinating. Rghis was a country that was historically subject to an international arms embargo imposed against them for nefarious reasons, which meant that the SAAF was unable to procure modern fighter aircraft, and as a result went ahead and BUILT the Cheetah derivative of the IAI Kfir (The Cheetah was a major upgrade of the French-built Dassault Mirage III the SAAF already had). The Cheetah's were really good but the Gripen's replaced them. The South Africans also designed and built the Rooivalk, a highly advanced attack helicopter based in part of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma which South Africa already had (as the Oryx). Denel sought to provide a rotorcraft that would be amongst, even potentially superior to, the best attack helicopters in the world.
What changed???????? From a country that could design and build leadimg-edge fighters and attack helicopters to one that can't even keep existing aircraft in the air and operable. Wakanda, we have a real problem.
Mind you, this is also a country where you could visit Cape Town (up until a few years ago) and fly any of three English Electric Lightnings, three BAe Buccaneers, and seven Hawker Hunters, so it's not like the skills to keep these aircraft flying aren't there. MInd you, this is also the country with a Navy which had a submarine commander washed off the sub and drowned a couple of years ago. And that's where the submarines don't run into the ocean floor.....As of 2024, none of the South African submarines are seaworthy. As of 2024, only one of the South African Navy's four frigates remain operational. Oh deary deary me. Whatever happened?
As for the Army......they couldn't run a party in a whorehouse....
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/...rican_forces_how_could_this_happen-13962.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kommet...vy-crew-deaths-swept-off-deck-sas-manthatisi/
Only Two out of 26 Gripen Fighters Airworthy in South African Forces: South Africa is one of a number of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet operators, and a unique one at that because it's the only nation to have almost the entire Gripen fleet unflyable. Only 2/26 Gripens in service with the South African Air Force (SAAF) can take off, and it's only part of the broader issue: on paper, the country has as many as 330 combat aircraft but only six of them are actually operable. They have only three flyable Hawk trainers out of 24 they have in the Air Force. (What's the other one that can still fly? A Cessna?). Ahhhhh, it's helicopter. Scary stuff,
The picture is even more grim in the helicopter fleet. Only one among 39 existing Oryx helicopters (licensed version of Puma) can take off; 0/39 Rooivalk attack helicopters, and zero for all other rotorcraft, too.
Fascinating. Rghis was a country that was historically subject to an international arms embargo imposed against them for nefarious reasons, which meant that the SAAF was unable to procure modern fighter aircraft, and as a result went ahead and BUILT the Cheetah derivative of the IAI Kfir (The Cheetah was a major upgrade of the French-built Dassault Mirage III the SAAF already had). The Cheetah's were really good but the Gripen's replaced them. The South Africans also designed and built the Rooivalk, a highly advanced attack helicopter based in part of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma which South Africa already had (as the Oryx). Denel sought to provide a rotorcraft that would be amongst, even potentially superior to, the best attack helicopters in the world.
What changed???????? From a country that could design and build leadimg-edge fighters and attack helicopters to one that can't even keep existing aircraft in the air and operable. Wakanda, we have a real problem.
Mind you, this is also a country where you could visit Cape Town (up until a few years ago) and fly any of three English Electric Lightnings, three BAe Buccaneers, and seven Hawker Hunters, so it's not like the skills to keep these aircraft flying aren't there. MInd you, this is also the country with a Navy which had a submarine commander washed off the sub and drowned a couple of years ago. And that's where the submarines don't run into the ocean floor.....As of 2024, none of the South African submarines are seaworthy. As of 2024, only one of the South African Navy's four frigates remain operational. Oh deary deary me. Whatever happened?
As for the Army......they couldn't run a party in a whorehouse....
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/...rican_forces_how_could_this_happen-13962.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kommet...vy-crew-deaths-swept-off-deck-sas-manthatisi/
