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No. 50 Squadron SAAF
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/No._50_Squadron_SAAF
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instance_of
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Hawker_Typhoon
gptkbp:active_years
1940-present
gptkbp:affiliation
gptkb:Commonwealth_Air_Forces
African Air Forces
gptkbp:aircraft_operated
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Pilatus_PC-12
gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_C-130_Hercules
gptkb:Beechcraft_King_Air
gptkb:Cessna_Citation
gptkb:Dassault_Falcon_900
gptkb:Embraer_ERJ-135
gptkbp:base
gptkb:Air_Force_Base_Waterkloof
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Colonel_J._Smith
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:Angolan_Civil_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:South_African_Border_War
gptkbp:disbanded
1945
gptkbp:established
gptkb:1940
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Pretoria
gptkbp:historical_significance
participated in humanitarian missions
contributed to peacekeeping missions
first South African squadron to operate in WWII
integrated into post-apartheid military structure
operated in various African conflicts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
No. 50 Squadron SAAF
gptkbp:insignia
Cheetah emblem
gptkbp:mission
cargo transport
medical evacuation
VIP transport
transport operations
gptkbp:motto
“ We Fly to Serve”
gptkbp:nickname
“ The Flying Cheetahs”
gptkbp:notable_operations
gptkb:Operation_Vula
gptkb:Operation_Phakisa
gptkb:Operation_Copper
gptkb:Operation_Mistral
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:South_African_Air_Force
gptkbp:reform
1946
gptkbp:role
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:training
pilot training
crew training