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Air Force Base Bloemspruit

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Coordinates:29°06′00″S26°18′25″E / 29.10000°S 26.30694°E /-29.10000; 26.30694

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Air base of the South African Air Force in Bloemfontein

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AFB Bloemspruit

Air Force Base Bloemspruit

IATA:BFN
ICAO:FABL

Summary

Airport type

Public / military

Operator

South African Air Force
ACSA

Location

Bloemfontein,Free State,South Africa

Elevation AMSL

4,458 ft / 1,359 m

Coordinates

29°06′00″S26°18′25″E / 29.10000°S 26.30694°E /-29.10000; 26.30694

Website

www.af.mil.za/bases/afb_bloemspruit/

Map

FABL

Location in the Free State

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
02/20	2,559	8,396	Asphalt
12/30	2,195	7,202	Asphalt

Co-located withBloemfontein Airport

AFB Bloemspruit is anairbase of theSouth African Air Force. It is co-located withBloemfontein Airport (ICAO:FABL),^[1] and shares the airfield.

The base motto isEx Unite Pax ("Peace Through Unity").

The unit is also responsible for maintaining the military airstrip atVastrap, nearUpington.

Units hosted

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16 Squadron -Attack helicopter squadron
87 Helicopter Flying School - Helicopter training unit
106 Squadron - Light transport reserve
107 Squadron - Light transport reserve
506 Squadron - Security services

Aviation

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Non-directional beacon - BL380.0
VHF omnidirectional range - BLV114.1
Automatic Terminal Information Service - 126.45

References

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^"Airport information for FABL".World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source:DAFIF.

External links

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AFB Bloemspruit Official Website
Airport information for BFN at Great Circle Mapper. Source:DAFIF (effective October 2006).

v t e South African Air Force
Leadership	Chiefs of the Air Force Sergeants Major of the Air Force
Active squadrons	2 15 16 17 19 21 22 28 35 41 44
Training and development units	68 Air School 80 Air Navigation School 85 Combat Flying School 87 Helicopter Flying School Central Flying School Test Flight and Development Centre South African Air Force College
Formationaerobatic teams	Silver Falcons
Reserve squadrons	101 102 104 105 106 107 108 110 111
Disbanded air and training squadrons	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 20 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 42 43 50 60 103 109 112 114 86 Multi-Engine Flying School 88 Maritime Training School 89 Combat Flying School
Disbanded air defence squadrons	120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
Wings of the SAAF	2 3 5 7 8 21 24 25
Bases	AFB Bloemspruit AFB Durban AFB Hoedspruit AFB Langebaanweg AFB Makhado AFB Overberg AFB Swartkop AFB Waterkloof AFB Ysterplaat AFS Port Elizabeth
Training areas	Roodewal Bombing Range Ditholo Training Area TAB Upington Vastrap Weapons Area
Equipment	List of current and historical SAAF aircraft List of weapon systems of the South African Air Force
History	History of the South African Air Force List of obsolete weapon systems of the South African Air Force South African Air Force Memorial South African Air Force Museum Military history of South Africa South African Air Force in World War I South African Air Force in World War II South African Air Force in the Korean War South African Air Force in the Bush War SAAF squadron identification codes
Official website:www.af.mil.za

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