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85 Combat Flying School SAAF

Field	Value
unit_name	85 Combat Flying School
image	SAAF-BAE Hawk-001.jpg
image_size	300
caption	SAAF Bae Hawk Mk. 120
dates	1982 - Present
country	South Africa
branch	[[Image:Air Force Ensign of South Africa.svg	25px]] South African Air Force
type	Jet flight-training and combat operations school
garrison	AFB Makhado, Louis Trichardt
garrison_label	Current Base
motto	Detrimento Sumus (Destruction is our Business)
equipment	BAE Hawk Mk.120
equipment_label	Aircraft used currently
battles	SWA/Angolan conflict.
anniversaries	Received Unit colours 4 October 1988, Received national colours 1989
identification_symbol_label	Squadron Identification Code

85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF). It is a jet flight-training and combat operations school, it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersburg (It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967). It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersburg. The school also has a wartime reserve role, although it has publicly been stated that the school will not be used operationally unless a very urgent need arises.

Aircraft used previously :

Mirage IIIEZ/DZ/D2Z
Canadair Sabre Mk.6 1975 - 1980
Atlas Impala Mk.I/II 1972 - 2005

The school has been relocated to AFB Makhado from AFB Hoedspruit into a new purpose-built facility with state-of-the-art computer-aided flight training instruments. The school shares this facility with the SAAF Gripen community.

During October 2007 there were several pilots that went solo on the Hawk Mk.120.

The squadron also participated in the annual South Africa National Defence Force preparation exercises and fired live cannon rounds and dropped live bombs. They also had a successful weapons deployment exercise to AFB Bloemspruit in 2007.

References

[https://archive.today/20131008010439/http://www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_makhado/85cfs.htm History of 85 CFS], www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-06
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