[ZS-MIKE]

The Germans were in South Africa to play some war games. On Saturday afternoon four Tornados treated Cape Town to a fly by followed by the the South African Cheetahs. The Tornados then did another flyby.
This might be the norm for most of you who have wonderful air shows but here in South Africa, this was a real treat. It's the first time I see Tornados. It's actually the first time I see any modern fighter fly other than our SA air force.




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[kwiky]

great pics thanks for posting them

[djjeffhall]

Thanks for posting the pics, they are great.

[flyXwire]

Love them fly-bys, thanks for posting those pictures!

[smartd]

Nice to see a 4 ship fly-by. Thanks ZS Mike

[derhamburgerjung]

Here are some more details concerning the German Tornados in South Africa

The German Luftwaffe deployed 6 Tornados for their 2008 " Good Hope III " military training mission.
3 IDS Tornados ( Interdiction and Strike ) from Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 Immelmann ( Reconnaissance Wing 51 ) and
3 ECR Tornados ( Electronic Combat Reconnaissance ) from Jagdbombergeschwader 32 ( Fighter-Bomber Wing 32 ) were send
via Torrejon/ Madrid to Gando Air Base in Spain. Support came from 2 KC10 tanker aircraft flown in from "McGwire" AFB in New Jersey

The trip then went on to Ascension Island and finally to AFB Overberg/South Africa for training missions together with the S.A.Airforce, Navy and some ships from the German Navy.
The South African Navy took part with :
SAS Amatola ( Valour Class Frigate F 145 )
SAS Islandlwana ( Valour Class Frigate F 146 )
SAS Spioenkop ( Valour Class Frigate F 147 )
Submarine Type 209
2x Mine clearance Vessels River Class Type and 600 soldiers.
Add. 6 Cheetahs, one Dakota C-47, three SAS Helicopter Orynx ( Type Super Puma ) plus two Cessna 208 Caravan.

The German Navy added :
Frigate " Hamburg "
Frigate " Köln "
Support Vessels Berlin and Westerwald plus 700 soldiers

[Cruver Collecter]

Some really neat pictures, thanks for posting.

[STARMAN 352ND]

That look like a fun filled day there....
Great pictures.
JP

[ZS-VAN]

Nice pics there ZS-Mike, good to see you posting. Cool insights derhamburgerjung, more info then we have access to here. Starman, when he says flybys he meant it! I was at the office attending a workshop and knew there would be a flyby so I took to the roof. Pretty cool. We're only treated to airshows twice a year in Cape Town if we're lucky. Last year they started AAD and I posted pics from there, there's an airshow at AFB Ysterplaat and every second year we have TFDC/AFB Overberg 2 hours or so from Cape Town, also posted some pics previously.

[jim]

The Tornado is a big noisy beast, it must have been awesome to have a 4 ship flyby.

Nice photos, blue sky ! I had forgotten what blue skies looked like.