The Denel Rooivalk is an attack helicopter manufactured by Denel Aviation of South Africa. Rooivalk is Afrikaans for "Red Falcon", which refers to the lesser kestrel. Development of the type began in
A Denel Rooivalk in flight
A Rooivalk at the Farnborough Airshow in 1994
A Rooivalk at AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town, South Africa
Two SAAF Rooivalk attack helicopters serving as part of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade escorting a UN delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The South African Air Force is the air warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. It was established on 1 February 1920 and is recognised as the sec
Denel Rooivalk
…and having started development at the same time. Development of the Rooivalk was protracted due to the impact of limited budgets during the 1990s. The South African Air Force (SAAF) ordered 12 Rooivalk, designated the Rooivalk Mk 1 in SAAF service, the first of which were officially handed over in April 2011. The helicopters…
de Havilland/Airco DH.9: 49 of these aircraft were donated to South Africa as part of the Imperial Gift
A Hawker Hart, one of the earliest bombers for South Africa
Lt. Robin Pare (left), squadron commander Major John "Jack" Frost (centre), who was the highest scoring ace in the SAAF during the Second World War, and Capt. Andrew Duncan (right) of 5 Squadron SAAF March/April 1942
Supermarine Spitfire pilots of 40 Squadron, South African Air Force, at Gabes in Tunisia, April 1943