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, foreground, is silhouetted by the morning sun at Grootfontein Logistics Base.
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.
grootfontein, force, base, iata, icao, fygf, base, namibian, force, grootfontein, town, otjozondjupa, region, namibia, base, about, south, center, grootfontein, iata, gfyicao, fygfsummaryairport, typemilitaryownernamibian, forcelocationgrootfontein, namibiacom. The Grootfontein Air Force Base IATA GFY ICAO FYGF is an air base of the Namibian Air Force in Grootfontein a town in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia The air base is about 4 km 2 mi south of the center of Grootfontein 4 Grootfontein Air Force BaseIATA GFYICAO FYGFSummaryAirport typeMilitaryOwnerNamibian Air ForceLocationGrootfontein NamibiaCommanderGroup Captain Hillary Lilungwe SisamuElevation AMSL4 636 ft 1 413 mCoordinates19 36 07 S 18 07 21 E 19 60194 S 18 12250 E 19 60194 18 12250MapGFYLocation of air base in NamibiaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft08 26 3 560 11 680 Asphalt17 35 1 040 3 412 AsphaltSource WAD 1 GCM 2 Google Maps 3 It was formerly an air base for the South African Air Force It was also the headquarters of the Namibian Air Force until these were moved to Karibib Air Force Base in 2016 5 The Grootfontein non directional beacon Ident GF and VOR DME Ident GFV are located on the field 6 7 8 Contents 1 Commanding officers 2 Image gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCommanding officers EditGrootfontein Air Force Base From Commanding Officer ToUnknown date Colonel Paavo Kamanya Unknown dateUnknown date Group Captain Abed Hihepa 1 March 20181 March 2018 Group Captain Mackenzie Manfred Tjivera 28 July 201828 July 2018 Group Captain Hillary Lilungwe Sisamu 9 IncumbentImage gallery Edit nbsp Entrance gate to the Grootfontein Logistics Base April 1989 nbsp 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 nbsp British Bedford 4x4 being loaded from a military aircraft nbsp Namibian workers watch operations following the landing of a Military Airlift Command C 5B Galaxy aircraft at Grootfontein Logistics Base See also EditTransport in Namibia List of airports in NamibiaReferences Edit Airport information for FYGF from DAFIF effective October 2006 Airport information for GFY at Great Circle Mapper Google Maps Grootfontein Distance and heading from Grootfontein to airport WikiMapia Retrieved 18 Feb 2010 Air Force headquarters relocate to Karibib The Namibian 6 March 2018 GF GROOTFONTEIN www pilotnav com Retrieved 2018 08 21 GFV GROOTFONTEIN www pilotnav com Retrieved 2018 08 21 SkyVector Flight Planning Aeronautical Charts skyvector com Retrieved 2018 08 21 Group captan Hillary GRN Portal Mod gov na Retrieved 2022 09 02 External links EditOurAirports Grootfontein Airport OpenStreetMap Grootfontein Accident history for Grootfontein Airport at Aviation Safety Network SkyVector Grootfontein Airport Current weather for Grootfontein Namibia at NOAA NWSPortals nbsp Africa nbsp Aviation nbsp nbsp This article about an airport in Namibia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grootfontein Air Force Base amp oldid 1167038970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
