Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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integration of the Strategic Defence Package. The
ability to sustain further growth within the current
nancial allocation levels, however, remains under
serious threat. The Air Force will not be able to meet
its mandate in terms of defence or its support of
Government initiatives in the medium-and-longer
term, without adequate levels of funding being
provided.
Purpose of the Programme
The Air Defence Programme provides prepared and
supported air-defence capabilities for the defence
and protection of South Africa.
Subprogrammes
• Strategic Direction formulates and controls
strategies, policies and plans via the Air Force
Ofce to prepare and provide the capabilities
required by the Chief of the SANDF
(C SANDF).
• Operational Direction provides operational
direction to the programme by means of an air
command.
• Helicopter Capability provides and sustains
operationally-ready light utility helicopters,
medium transport helicopters and combatsupport
helicopters, crewed by appropriately
qualied personnel.
• Transport and Maritime Capability provides
and sustains operationally-ready transport
and maritime aircraft, crewed by appropriately
qualied personnel.
• Air Combat Capability provides and sustains
operationally-ready advanced light ghteraircraft,
light ghter-training aircraft, longrange
transport aircraft, in-ight refuelling
aircraft and electronic-warfare aircraft, crewed
by appropriately qualied personnel.
• Operational Support and Intelligence Capability
prepares, develops, provides and supports
protection support, intelligence systems and
counter-intelligence support to the South
African Air Force through protection squadrons,
intelligence subsystems and air force-unique
intelligence training.
• Command and Control Capability supplies and
maintains operationally-ready command and
control elements in support of air battle-space
operations.
• Base Support Capability provides air-base
infrastructure facilities to squadrons and resident
units on bases, including the maintenance of
all relevant systems and personnel, to support
ying operations.
• Command Post commands and controls all
missions own.
• Training Capability provides for the general
education, training and development of South
African Air Force personnel.
• Technical Support Services establishes,
maintains and prepares optimised technical and
tactical logistics-support capabilities to provide
support to system groups and manage Air
Service Units.
Measurable Objectives
The Air Defence Programme contributes to the
defence and protection of South Africa, its airspace
and territory by:
• providing a helicopter capability of four mixed
(medium-and-light) squadrons and one combatsupport
squadron;
• providing a transport and maritime capability
of three medium-transport squadrons,
one maritime and transport squadron, one
light-transport squadron and nine Reserve
squadrons;
• providing an air-combat capability of one
combat squadron; and
• providing capacity for a 24-hour air command
and control capability.
Output Detail
Table 5.1 provides a detailed report on all output,
performance measures and targets specied in the
Air Defence Programme output table in the DOD’s
Strategic Business Plan FY 2008/09.
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