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Thursday, January 26, 2012
AFB Durban to move at last?
AFB Durban
Air Force Base Durban, home to 15 Squadron and its helicopters since the early 1980s, is to move to King Shaka International Airport to make way for Transnet's R100 billion dig-out container terminal.
The move from the Prospecton site, which is estimated to cost "a minimum of R800 million", has been confirmed by the Department of Defence, The Mercury newspaper reported yesterday.
But while questions about the time frame of the move and who will foot the bill remain unanswered, opposition Democratic Alliance party MP David Maynier has expressed concern that should the department itself fund the move, it could prove detrimental to an already strained SA Air Force budget. "The air force is not able to optimally operate the Gripen or Hawk fighter aircraft because of underfunding," he said.
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