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1 Air Servicing Unit to undertake historic SAAF helicopter restoration

Summary by defenceWeb
Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof in Centurion with 1 Air Servicing Unit (ASU) in the vanguard has been entrusted with a heritage project to restore the first helicopter ever in SA Air Force (SAAF) service to display standard. The aircraft – a Sikorsky S-51 with tail number A1 – until last week languished in a hangar used by the SAAF Museum at Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing (AF MDW), previously known as Air Force Base Swartkop. It was towed the …
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defenceWeb broke the news in on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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