85 Combat Flying School SAAF

85 Combat Flying School
SAAF Bae Hawk Mk. 120
Active	1982 - Present
Country	South Africa
Branch	South African Air Force
Type	Jet flight-training and combat operations school
Current Base	AFB Makhado, Louis Trichardt
Motto(s)	Detrimento Sumus (Destruction is our Business) ^[1]
Anniversaries	Received Unit colours 4 October 1988, Received national colours 1989
Aircraft used currently	BAE Hawk Mk.120
Engagements	SWA/Angolan conflict.^[2]

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).^[3] It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersburg.^[4] 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.^[5]

Aircraft used previously :

The school has been relocated to AFB Makhado from AFB Hoedspruit into a new purpose built facility with state-of-the-art computer-aided flight training instruments. The school shares this facility with the SAAF Gripen community.

During October 2007 there were several pilots that went solo on the Hawk Mk.120.^[6]

The squadron also participated in the annual South Africa National Defence Force preparation exercises and fired live cannon rounds and dropped live bombs. They also had a successful weapons deployment exercise to AFB Bloemspruit in 2007.

References

↑ History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
↑ History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
↑ History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
↑ History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
↑ History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
↑ http://www.af.mil.za/news/2007/161.htm

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

Territorial 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

WW2 Wings of the SAAF	2 3 5 7 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

List of training areas of the South African Air Force	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 SAAF squadron identification codes

Official website: www.af.mil.za

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