Dean Wingrin
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Aviation and defense journalist, author, photographer, defenceWeb correspondent and general raconteur.
Lovely flyby of SAAF CASA C212-300, at Exercise VUKUHLOME, SA Army Combat Training Centre within the Lohatlha Military Area, Northern Cape. The 2025 edition is a brigade level exercise and is due to finish at the end of this month.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lovely flyby of SAAF CASA C212-300, at Exercise VUKUHLOME, SA Army Combat Training Centre within the Lohatlha Military Area, Northern Cape. The 2025 edition is a brigade level exercise and is due to finish at the end of this month.
28 Squadron, SAAF, and parabats at Exercise VUKUHLOME IV, Nov 2025.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
28 Squadron, SAAF, and parabats at Exercise VUKUHLOME IV, Nov 2025.
The Oryx undertaking firefighting duties shortly after arrival in Bredasdorp.
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The Oryx undertaking firefighting duties shortly after arrival in Bredasdorp.
Three SAAF Oryx helicopters in Livingstone, Zambia today, on their way home to South Africa! The three, 1 ex-UN MONUSCO and 2 from the SANDF support contingent, departed Lubumbashi, DRC and are scheduled to arrive at AFB Waterkloof. The remaining 2 Oryx will be airlifted back.
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Three SAAF Oryx helicopters in Livingstone, Zambia today, on their way home to South Africa! The three, 1 ex-UN MONUSCO and 2 from the SANDF support contingent, departed Lubumbashi, DRC and are scheduled to arrive at AFB Waterkloof. The remaining 2 Oryx will be airlifted back.