THE STORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHEETAH AIRCRAFT
"...Because of earlier international embargoes, the South African Air Force (SAAF) had been obliged to implement expensive measures to extend the lives of its existing aircraft. The Cheetah fighter aircraft is an excellent example of how South Africa successfully used its resources to develop the technology to extend the use of its Mirage III fighter aircraft by 20 years..." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/cheetah.htm
The Cheetah was built on a similar platform to that of the Kfirs used by the SLAF. And given the evolving situation, the relevance of this article is obvious.
"...Because of earlier international embargoes, the South African Air Force (SAAF) had been obliged to implement expensive measures to extend the lives of its existing aircraft. The Cheetah fighter aircraft is an excellent example of how South Africa successfully used its resources to develop the technology to extend the use of its Mirage III fighter aircraft by 20 years..." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/cheetah.htm
The Cheetah was built on a similar platform to that of the Kfirs used by the SLAF. And given the evolving situation, the relevance of this article is obvious.
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