Exercise Young Eagle Open Day will be held on Thursday, 20 August 2015 at SA Army Comb at Training Centre (CTC), Lohatlha.
The SA Army airborne and landward operations capability force is currently underway together with elements from other arms of service at SA Army Combat Training Centre and De Brug (Bloemfontein).
This is an exclusive SA Army training exercise which tests the combined might of the SA Army and the SA Air Force in a full scale air-and land assault capability demonstration that is vital in ensuring that the SANDF timeously responds to domestic and continental security challenges.
The exercise consists of the country’s landward forces executed by the expertise of 44
Parachute Regiment, 9 South African Infantry Battalion, 1 Special Services Battalion, 2 Field Engineer Regiment, 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Light Artillery Regiment, 1 Tactical Intelligence Regiment, SA Special infantry Capability, 1 Signal Regiment, 102 Field Workshop and 17 Maintenance Unit.
The Open Day will consist of fire power demonstrations, airborne demonstrations and a mechanised attack demonstration that showcase the SA Army level of preparedness.
You are cordially invited to send a journalist/photographer to attend the event at SA Army
Combat Training Centre, Lohatlha.
Kindly provide full names, surnames and identity numbers/contact numbers of the Journalist/s and/or photographer/cameraperson/s attending by Monday17 August 2015 at 12h00.
Travel arrangements
- Reporting time at Air Force Base Waterkloof on Thursday 20 August 2015 at 5h30.
- Estimated time of departure from Air Force Base Waterkloof is at 7h30.
- Estimated time of arrival at Sishen Airport: 9h30.
- Depart from SA Army CTC at approximately15h00.
- Estimated time of arrival at Air Force Base Waterkloof: 17h30
Enquiries:
Major Morongwe Methula
Tel: 012 3 55 1562
Cell: 076 887 0179
RSVP:
Captain Monique Dlamini
Tel: 012 355 1306
Cell: 072 884 4071
