- 60 Squadron SAAF
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60 Squadron 
de Havilland Mosquito similar to that flown by 60 Sqn in WW2Active December 1940 Country 
South AfricaBranch South African Air Force Role Transport, aerial refueling and EW/ELINT Current Base AFB Waterkloof Motto Accipimus Et Damus We Take and We Give Equipment Boeing 707 60 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is currently a transport, aerial refuelling and EW/ELINT squadron.
- First formed: December 1940 (at Nairobi)
- Historic aircraft flown: British Aircraft Double Eagle, Martin Maryland, de Havilland Mosquito, Lockheed Ventura
- Current aircraft flown: Boeing 707
- Current base: AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria
Due to ongoing runway and taxiway repairs at AFB Waterkloof, the squadron is temporarily operating out of Johannesburg International Airport.
Photo of Auschwitz-Birkenau taken by 60 Sqn (Sortie no. 60PR/694) under the command of the U.S. Airforce. The selection process of a recently arrived transport visible on the ramp has been completed, and those selected to die are being to taken to Crematorium II. This annotated image was released by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1979.
Active Squadrons 
Training and Development Units 68 Air School · 80 Air Navigation School · 85 Combat Flying School · 87 Helicopter Flying School · Central Flying School · Test Flight and Development Centre · South African Air Force CollegeReserve Squadrons 101 · 102 · 104 · 105 · 106 · 107 · 108 · 110 · 111Disbanded Squadrons Bases AFB Bloemspruit · AFB Durban · AFB Hoedspruit · AFB Langebaanweg · AFB Makhado · AFB Overberg · AFB Swartkop · AFB Waterkloof · AFB YsterplaatRelated Categories:- Squadrons of the South African Air Force
- Military units and formations established in 1940
- South African military stubs
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