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Thursday, December 14, 2006

South African Air Force is 'operationally ineffective'

Saab JAS-39 GripenThe South African Air Force (SAAF) can transport VIPs or be combat ready, not both, said the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday.

"The few remaining resources that the SAAF has will either have to be used for transporting VIPs or maintaining combat readiness. It cannot do both," said DA spokesperson Roy Jankielsohn.

"The fact is that there is a crisis in the SAAF that has once again been highlighted by the hiring of an aircraft for R4,55-million to take the deputy president [Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka] to the United Kingdom, while the SAAF has already acquired aircraft at a huge cost to do so."

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