- over 20 000
aircraft movements in 2015. The
airport was
stablished as AFB
Rooikop, a
South African Air
Force station (and
later as a base) that
closed in...
- (voshare = red hair). The
original Afrikaans term for a "red-head" is a
rooikop.
Volksie – (pronounced as "folk-see") Is the
local name of the Volkswagen...
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Training School Active 2016
Country Branch Namibian Navy
Current Base
Rooikop Base,
Walvis Bay
Commanders Current commander Captain (Navy)
Fanuel Iyambo...
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Asbestos pipeline with
gypsum crystals.
Water pipeline from
Rooikop to
Walvis Bay, Namibia...
- (2 ft) gauge,
completed in 1899. The line
linked the port of
Walvis Bay to
Rooikop. 567
kilometres (352 mi) Otavibahn, a 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
private railway...
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Operation Makro (1981)
During September 1991 61 Mech Bn Gp,
which was
based at
Rooikop in Namibia,
resettled at the Army
Battle School in Lohatla,
South Africa...
- and was
often used in operations. The main base of the
military area,
Rooikop was
situated further inland due to
problems with
corrosion on equipment...
- of a
force under Herbert Plumer which engaged a
small group of
Boers at
Rooikop. The
Imperial forces captured 100 rifles, 40,000
rounds of ammunition,...
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These elements and the
Transport Park and
quartermaster were
based at
Rooikop, a
distance inland because of the rust at the coast.
Since 1981, national...
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Coastal Command. The
command consisted of 27
Squadron SAAF at
Walvis Bay and
Rooikop and a
detachment at Aus; 6
Squadron SAAF at
Eerste River; 23
Squadron SAAF...
