Grootfontein Air Force Base is an air base of the

Namibian Air Force The Namibian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Namibian Defence Force. It was commissioned on 13 March 2005 at Grootfontein Air Force Base. Accessed 2007/07/27 Following the independence of Namibia from South Africa in 1990, the Air ...

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, a city in the

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Ge ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. The air base is about south of the center of Grootfontein. It was formerly an

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for the

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. It was also the headquarters of the Namibian Air Force until these were moved to

Karibib Air Force Base Karibib Air Force Base is an air base near the central Namibian town of Karibib. Since 2016, the headquarters of the Namibian Air Force are located here. Air Force Command had previously been at the Grootfontein Air Force Base. See also * * *Li ...

in 2016. The Grootfontein

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(Ident: GF) and

VOR-DME In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the sla ...

(Ident: GFV) are located on the field.

Commanding officers

Image gallery

DF-ST-90-10118.jpg, Entrance gate to the Grootfontein Logistics Base, April 1989. A_C-130_Hercules_aircraft_takes_off_in_the_distance_as_a_section_of_a_Military_Airlift_Command_C-5B_Galaxy_aircraft%2C_foreground%2C_is_silhouetted_by_the_morning_sun_at_Grootfontein_Logistics_Base_DF-ST-90-10129.jpg, A C-130 Hercules aircraft takes off in the distance as a section of a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft, foreground, is silhouetted by the morning sun at Grootfontein Logistics Base. British_Bedford_4x4_truck.JPEG, British Bedford 4x4 being loaded from a military aircraft. Namibian_workers_watch_operations_following_the_landing_of_a_Military_Airlift_Command_C-5B_Galaxy_aircraft_at_Grootfontein_Logistics_Base_DF-ST-90-10120.jpg, Namibian workers watch operations following the landing of a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft at Grootfontein Logistics Base.

References

External links

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