South African Air Force (SAAF) C130 Hercules shooting off self-defence flares taken at the SAAF Museum airshow in June 2013 by Athol Franz. SAAF 28 Squadron at Air Force Base Waterkloof is home to the medium transport squadron flying Lockheed C-130BZ Hercules. The SAAF C-130 fleet consists of seven platforms (401 – 407) purchased in 1963 before a US arms embargo was imposed on South Africa’s apartheid government and five received in 1997/8 from the US (two ex-USAF C-130Bs (408 and 409) and three ex-USN C-130Fs (410 – 412)) as part of their Excess Defence Articles programme. Camera Canon EOS-1D Mk IV fitted with a 100 to 400 mm Canon lens 1/160 sec, ISO 200, f14 at full 400 mm.
April 2021 edition of African Pilot
Picture of the month
by Athol Franz
