South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa joked that he wished he had a gift for Trump, after news broke that the Air Force accepted a plane from Qatar. WASHINGTON – The gift of a new plane to serve as ...

An artist impression of a Gripen jet fighter launching the A-Darter missile. Credit: Denel Group Legislators in South Africa’s Parliament were recently told the South African Air Force (SAAF) was ...

In 1981, South African armed forces launched several offensive operations into Angola. Their objective was to push SWAPO units away from the border with South-West Africa (now Namibia), then under ...

SOUTH Africa’s military air capability has suffered another major blow after the South African National Defence Force’s ageing fleet of Oryx helicopters was effectively grounded due to fuel shortages ...

African countries are steadily ramping up their air power capabilities, with renewed investments in military aircraft aimed at strengthening national defence and addressing regional security threats.

Military website Global Firepower has published its military strength ranking for 2024, featuring 145 countries, with the ranking utilising more than 60 different factors to deter ...