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List of aircraft of the South African Air Force
A list of aircraft of the South African Air Force.
Historic aircraft
| No Longer in Service | ||
| Maker | Aircraft | Years in Service |
| Aerospatiale | Puma | 1969-1997 |
| Avro | Shackleton | 1957-1984 |
| Canadair | CL-13B Sabre Mk 6 | 1956-1980 |
| Consolidated | B-24J Liberator BIV | 1944-1945 |
| Dassault-Breguet | Mirage IIICZ | 1963-1990 |
| Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1AZ | 1975-1997 |
| English Electric | Canberra B(I) 12 | 1963-1991 |
| Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S Mk50 | 1965-1991 |
| North American | NA-88 T-6G Texan | 1942-1995. |
| Supermarine | Spitfire IX b/c/e | 1943-1954. |
| Transall | C-160Z | 1969- 1993. |
(Note: This is not an exhaustive list.)
Current and future aircraft
| Current and Future Aircraft | |||
| Maker | Aircraft | Year | Info |
| Agusta | A109LUH | 2004 | - |
| Airbus Military | Airbus A400M | To enter service in 2010 | - |
| Atlas | MB-326M Impala I | 1966 | - |
| Atlas | MB-326K Impala II | 1974 | - |
| Atlas | Cheetah C | 1992 | - |
| Atlas | Cheetah D | 1986 | - |
| Atlas | Oryx | 1990 | - |
| BAe Systems | Hawk Mk 120 | To enter service in 2005. | - |
| Beechcraft | Super King Air 200 | 1983 | - |
| Boeing | 707-328C | 1986 | - |
| Boeing | 737-7ED BBJ | 2001 | - |
| CASA | C 212 | 1994 | - |
| CASA | CN-235 | 1994 | - |
| Cessna | 185A Skywagon | 1962 | - |
| Cessna | 185D Skywagon | 1965 | - |
| Cessna | 185E Skywagon | 1967 | - |
| Cessna | 208 Caravan | 1988 | - |
| Cessna | 550/551 Citation II | 1983 | - |
| Dassault | Falcon 50 | 1982 | - |
| Dassault | Falcon 900B | 1992 | - |
| Denel | AH-2A Rooivalk | 1999 | - |
| Douglas | DC-3/C-47 Dakota III & IV | 1943 | - |
| Douglas | C-47TP Turbo Dakota | 1991 | - |
| Lockheed | C-130B Hercules | 1963 | - |
| Lockheed | C-130F Hercules | 1997 | - |
| MBB /Kawasaki | BK117A | 1994 | - |
| Pilatus | PC-6 Porter | 1994 | - |
| Pilatus | PC-7 Mk2 Astra | 1994 | - |
| Pilatus | PC-12 | 1997 | - |
| Saab | JAS 39C/D Gripen | To enter service in 2007. | - |
| Sud Aviation | SE-3160/B Alouette III | 1962 | - |
| Westland | Super Lynx | 4 on order - will be stationed on South African Navy Valour class ships | |
See also
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