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Thursday, October 15, 2009

SAAF needs five MPA and eight MSA

C47TP DakotaThe South African Air Force has a requirement for five specialised Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) and eight cheaper general-purpose Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA).

Brigadier General Tsoku Khumalo told defenceWeb maritime security conference in Cape Town yesterday that the Douglas C47TP Dakota currently in use by 35 Squadron in a limited MSA role can only serve until 2015 and is in dire need of replacement. A replacement is required from 2016.

The C47 has been in SAAF service since 1943. It replaced the Avro Shackleton MR3, the last purpose-designed MPA, in SAAF inventory in November 1984.

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