South African Air Force Museum, Military and aviation museum in AFB Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa.

The South African Air Force Museum at AFB Swartkop, the largest of its three branches, occupies at least five hangars. Its collection includes Dassault Mirage III and F1 variants, Atlas Cheetahs, an Avro Shackleton, a Blackburn Buccaneer and a Boeing 707, alongside ejection seats, uniforms, engines and weaponry. A Cheetah C flight simulator is also on display.

The museum was established in 1973 to preserve records of South African military aviation and its role in national defense over the decades. Its collections grew to include aircraft that served during different historical periods, making it a comprehensive record of the country's aerial defense story.

The collection reflects how South African military aviation evolved through different periods and conflicts, with each aircraft telling part of the nation's aerial warfare story. Visitors can trace this history by walking between the displays and understanding what each type of plane represented.

The museum occupies at least five hangars at AFB Swartkop, north of Pretoria, with the headquarters on site. Aircraft, engines, ejection seats, uniforms and weaponry are displayed across the halls, and a Cheetah C flight simulator is among the exhibits. Allow time to move between hangars; the other branches at Ysterplaat and Gqeberha hold smaller collections.

Among the exhibits at the Swartkop site is a Cheetah C flight simulator, displayed alongside ejection seats, uniforms, aircraft engines and weaponry rather than offered as a ride. The museum's collection also holds a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil ground-effect craft at its Gqeberha branch, an unusual type rarely seen in aviation collections.