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Thursday, March 29, 2012

South African Navy supports new maritime patrol aircraft

[Casa C-295]The South African Navy has expressed strong support for the Air Force to acquire new maritime patrol aircraft, with the Navy chief pledging its commitment to Project Saucepan to acquire new aircraft.

The South African Air Force has been without a purpose-built maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) since the last of the elderly Avro Shackleton aircraft were retired in 1984.

The task of patrolling the seas around South Africa was taken over by converting World War Two-vintage C-47 Dakota transport aircraft for maritime surveillance duties.

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