- 87 Helicopter Flying School SAAF
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87 Helicopter Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is currently a helicopter flight training school.
- Motto: Docemus (We Teach)
- First formed: 1 January 1973
- Historic aircraft flown: Aérospatiale Alouette II, Aérospatiale Alouette III
- Current aircraft flown:Atlas Oryx, BK 117, A109
- Current base: AFB Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein (plus a satellite base at Dragon Peaks Mountain Resort, Drakensberg)
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
- Aviation schools
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- South African military stubs
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