Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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PLANNED EXERCISES (SERVICE UNIQUE)
Table 5.2 below, provides feedback on Air Defence Programme unique exercises that were planned for FY
2008/09.
Table 5.2 Air Defence Programme: Planned Exercises (Service Unique) for FY 2008/09
Exercise: Name and
Type
Target
Actual Achievement
New Horizon (Air Defence
Exercise)
September/
October
Replaced by Exercises Shield I – III, in preparation for
the 2010 Fifa World Cup held in the Free State, Gauteng,
Polokwane and the Western Cape province
During these joint-exercises doctrines and standard operating
procedures were tested
Helicopter Airborne
Assault Exercise (Exercise
PANTHER)
July
Exercise PANTHER – planned for July 2008. The exercise
was cancelled due to delays in the Rooivalk project
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Air-Power Demonstration
Three days in
May/September
Successfully held in May 2008. The September exercise was
cancelled due to a clash in the dates with Africa Aerospace
and Defence, and insufcient resources to conduct both
events simultaneously
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