EXERCISE VUK'UHLOME 2024

The South African Army's Exercise Vuk'uhlome 2024 Distinguished Visitors (DV) Day took place on 21 November at its Lohatlha Combat Training Centre. Although an Army exercise, the event combines SAAF squadrons for ground support.

- Trevor Cohen

THIS YEAR’S EXERCISE Vuk’uhlome highlights the SA Army’s preparedness to address national and regional security challenges.

“Scenarios depicting typical war scenes form part of the exercise which will enable the SA Army to measure its state of readiness in terms of discharging its mandate of preparing, providing and sustaining combat ready landward forces for employment by the Chief of the SANDF,” says the SANDF official statement.

This year’s Exercise Vuk’uhlome featured over 7000 troops from infantry units across SA which combined with the South African Air Force’s 2 Squadron and 85 Combat Flying School.