![The 35 Squadron aircraft are all C-47TP’s, which were converted under Project Felstone starting in 1989 C-47TP Skytrain](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDMK6X8fCIPwOfycixGeeZ75ApVfNrw_XY3aDPVSZhNdGRwIvNVJY0jJAR5wUZogNW-7_ok5RJehzDNrgNDzsrZgbN31Llj5QZSbzAfQYtuLTP6-wbh5orTmsFZU2lF60uSgP/s640/C-47TP.jpg)
AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town is home to 35 Squadron and its C-47TP. From here the squadron has been as far afield as Pemba in Mozambique on extended deployment to support the Operation Copper counter-piracy tasking where the Navy has the lead.
This has been reviewed and Pemba will no longer serve as temporary home base for the Squadron. According to SANDF Joint Operations the Mozambican port city will be replaced by either AFB Waterkloof or Richards Bay as temporary base for the aircraft and its air- and ground-crew tasked with aerial anti-piracy work.
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