Air Force Base Swartkop
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Air Force Base Swartkop (ICAO: FASK)[1] is South Africa's oldest air force base and houses the South African Air Force Museum. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof[2] 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.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Operator | South African Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Location | Centurion, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,780 ft / 1,457 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°48′25″S 28°09′52″E | ||||||||||||||
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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.