Base Aérea do Negage - Negage, Angola
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Torgut
S 07° 45.905 E 015° 17.816
33M E 532740 N 9141661
This is the gate to a former Air Force Base in Angola, built by the Portuguese in the early 60's and used by the Air Force of the new country since 1975 when Angola became independent.
Waymark Code: WMK1X2
Location: Angola
Date Posted: 01/31/2014
Views: 12
Negage was one of the biggest Air Force bases during the 14 years of was in Angola (1961-1975), after the main base in Luanda. It was built in the first years of 60's and when the insurrection started, in 1961, it was intensively used although the base itself wasn't ready for operations. Pilots would use a parallel runway, improvised by the military engineers, and sleep in tents. Shortly after, it became a full operational base, active until the Summer of 1975, Portuguese Airforce had a permanent force of North-American Harvard T6 and Dornier 27 based there. Eventually, it was used by aircraft based in Luanda.
After the independence the newly created Angolan Air Force used the facilities until they became... well... non-operational. Until recently it was still an Air Force facility although not operating "flying machines".
Year photo was taken: The 60's
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