Air Force Base Bloemspruit
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AFB Bloemspruit Air Force Base Bloemspruit | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||
Operator | South African Air Force ACSA | ||||||||||||||
Location | Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,458 ft / 1,359 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°06′00″S 26°18′25″E / 29.10000°S 26.30694°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Co-located with Bloemfontein Airport |
AFB Bloemspruit is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is co-located with Bloemfontein Airport (ICAO: FABL),[1] and shares the airfield.
The base motto is Ex Unite Pax ("Peace Through Unity").
The unit is also responsible for maintaining the military airstrip at Vastrap, near Upington.
Units hosted
[edit]- 16 Squadron - Attack helicopter squadron
- 87 Helicopter Flying School - Helicopter training unit
- 106 Squadron - Light transport reserve
- 107 Squadron - Light transport reserve
- 506 Squadron - Security services
Aviation
[edit]- Non-directional beacon - BL380.0
- VHF omnidirectional range - BLV114.1
- Automatic Terminal Information Service - 126.45
References
[edit]- ^ "Airport information for FABL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
External links
[edit]- AFB Bloemspruit Official Website
- Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).