Aircraft Photo of T260 | Eurocopter-Kawasaki BK-117A-3 | Bophuthatswana - Air Force | AirHistory.net #419520
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:T260
Aircraft Original Type:MBB-Kawasaki BK-117
Aircraft Generic Type:Eurocopter-Kawasaki BK-117/EC-145
Aircraft Version:Eurocopter-Kawasaki BK-117A-3
C/n (msn):7118
Operator Titles:Bophuthatswana - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Mahikeng - Mmabatho InternationalMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAMM   IATA: MBD   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:December 1993
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 419520
Photo Comment

he Bophuthatswana Defence Force established a small air wing at Mmabatho in 1981. The air wing became the Bophuthatswana Air Force in 1987 and remained as such until integration into the SAAF after the bantustans were reintegrated into the RSA. This BK117 went to the SAAF's 15 Sqd as 388. Unknown photographer

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