FASK
Swartkop Air Force Base
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Name
Swartkop Air Force Base
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ICAO / GPS
FASK / FASK
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:48 am (SAST)
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Municipality
Pretoria
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Coordinates
25° 48′ 34″ N 28° 9′ 52″ E
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Elevation
4’794 ft (1’461 m MSL)
About Swartkop Air Force Base
Air Force Base Swartkop (ICAO: FASK) is South Africa's oldest air force base and houses the South African Air Force Museum. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum. The name of the air force base, Swartkop means Black hill in Afrikaans.
AFB Swartkop is located in the town Centurion (previously Verwoerdburg) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, between Pretoria and Midrand (Johannesburg), which is a part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.