Air Force Base Waterkloof is an airbase of the South African Air Force. It is situated on the outskirts of Pretoria, and is the SAAF’s busiest airbase.
Units based at AFB Waterkloof
EVENTS
Friday, 04 Apr 1986
Cuban pilot Major Eduardo González Sarria, commander of the DAA/FAR's MiG-23 squadron in Angola, launched an R-24R missile at one of two South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130B transport aircraft near Andulo on a supply drop - despite hitting and damaging the C-130B, both transports returned safely to AFB Waterkloof
Cuban pilot Major Eduardo González Sarria, commander of the DAA/FAR's MiG-23 squadron in Angola, launched an R-24R missile at one of two South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130B transport aircraft near Andulo on a supply drop - despite hitting and damaging the C-130B, both transports returned safely to AFB Waterkloof