89 Combat Flying School

89 Combat Flying School is a disbanded unit of the South African Air Force, active from 1986-1992.[1][4] The unit was formed on 1 July 1986 from the Mirage Flight of 85 Combat Flying School at AFB Pietersburg and its main role was to train aircrew to fly the Dassault Mirage aircraft.[5][6]

89 Combat Flying School
Cheetah D flight simulator
Active1 July 1986 - 29 November 1992
CountrySouth Africa
BranchSouth African Air Force
RoleFighter jet training
Garrison/HQAFB Pietersburg[1]
Motto(s)"Exercitati delendo" (We train to kill)[1]
Aircraft flown
Fighter Atlas Cheetah D[2][3]

On 26 July 1986, the school began receiving the dual seat Atlas Cheetah D aircraft and started offering a Cheetah conversion course to pilots already qualified on the Atlas Impala aircraft.[1][7][8][9] The school was the first unit of the South African Air Force to receive the Cheetah D.[10]

89 Combat Flying School began merging with 2 Squadron SAAF on 6 November 1992, to become Training Flight, 2 Squadron.[1] Flying operations were conducted by 2 Squadron from 6 November 1992 and 89 Combat Flying School was disbanded on 29 November 1992.[1] All remaining personnel and equipment was transferred to AFB Louis Trichardt during January 1993.[1]

References
  1. "89 Combat Flying School". www.saairforce.co.za. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. "Cheetah D". www.mav.co.za. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. Sparke, Capt. Colin (2007). Du Toit, Maj J.V. (ed.). "Cheetah aircraft". Ad Astra. 27 (2): 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. African Mirages, www.acig.org, Retrieved 2013-10-11 Archived February 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. History of 85 CFS, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-11
  6. The Dassault Mirage III in South African Service, www.mirage4fs.com, Retrieved 2013-10-11
  7. Photo Album: Aircraft and colours of the South African Air Force, IPMSStockholm.org, Retrieved 2013-10-11
  8. James Michael Roherty (1992). State Security in South Africa: Civil-military Relations Under P.W. Botha. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-87332-877-7.
  9. Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag Oorsig. Walker-Ramus. 1990. p. 323.
  10. Cheetah Multirole Fighter Aircraft, South Africa: Development, www.airforce-technology.com, Retrieved 2013-10-11.

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