SAAF Museum

The South African Air Force Museum houses, exhibits and restores material related to the history of the South African Air Force. The Museum is divided into three locations, AFB Swartkop outside Pretoria, AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town and at the Port Elizabeth airport.

AFB Swartkop

AFB Swartkop is home to the headquarters and largest of the three museum locations, occupying at least five hangars.

It contains a number of Dassault Mirage IIIs, Dassault Mirage F1s, Atlas Cheetahs and various other historical aircraft as well as aviation-related items on display such as ejection seats, uniforms, aircraft engines, aircraft weaponry and a Cheetah C flight simulator.

Aircrafts on display:

• Aerospatiale Alouette III
  
• Aerospatiale Puma
  
• Aerospatiale Super Frelon
• Atlas Cheetah E
  
• Atlas Cheetah C
• Atlas Impala Mk.I
• Atlas Impala Mk.II
• Atlas XH-1 Alpha
• Avro Shackleton
  
• Blackburn Buccaneer
• Boeing 707
• Canadair CL-13
• Douglas DC-4
  
• Dassault Mirage III BZ
• Dassault Mirage III CZ
• Dassault Mirage III RZ
• English Electric Canberra T Mk.4
• Fieseler Storch
  
• Lockheed Ventura
  
• Mikoyan MiG-21
  
• Mirage F1 AZ
  
• North American Harvard
• North American Mustang
• Patchen Explorer
• Paterson Biplane
• Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II
  
• Westland Wasp
  

Operating Hours:

Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 15:30

Saturday: 10:00 – 12:30.

Closed on Sundays and Holidays.

Address: Zwartkop Air Force Base, Route 101 (Old Johannesburg Road), Valhalla, Pretoria (Tshwane)

Contact: 012 351 2346

Website: www.saafmuseum.co.za