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href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/\">Order of Battle<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/air-force-of-zimbabwe\/\">Air Force of Zimbabwe<\/a> &middot; Air base<\/div>\n<h1>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru<\/h1>\n<div class=\"native\">Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base<\/div>\n<p class=\"sub\">Active (the AFZ&rsquo;s jet and flying training base: K-8 and Hawk, F-7 and SF.260 squadrons; Thornhill until 2017)<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>FVTL<\/b><span>ICAO<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>2,672 m<\/b><span>Runway<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1942<\/b><span>Opened<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>Active<\/b><span>Status<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Operator<\/b>Air Force of Zimbabwe<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Province<\/b>Midlands Province, near Gweru<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Elevation<\/b>1,426 m<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Coordinates<\/b>19.4367 S, 29.8619 E<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mfshare\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-btn\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"5\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"6\" cy=\"12\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"19\" r=\"3\"\/><path d=\"M8.6 10.6l6.8-4M8.6 13.4l6.8 4\"\/><\/svg>Share<\/button><span class=\"mfsh-net\"><\/span><span class=\"mfsh-said\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"story\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The story<\/div>\n<h2>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru: what it was built for and what flies there now<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<p>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, still widely known by its old name Thornhill, lies on the edge of Gweru in the Midlands and is where the Air Force of Zimbabwe trains its pilots and keeps its jets. It began as a wartime Royal Air Force station: a committee surveyed sites near the town (then Gwelo) in 1939, the first buildings went up in 1941 and flying training started in March 1942 as part of the Rhodesian Air Training Group.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Rhodesian Air Force took the station over from the RAF in the mid-1950s and, between 1956 and 1958, built the runways, tower and radar that turned it into a jet base. Through the Bush War it was home to the Hunter, Vampire, Lynx and Provost squadrons, and at independence in 1980 it passed to the Air Force of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Its best-known night is 25 July 1982, when saboteurs damaged four new Hawks, nine Hunters and a Lynx on the base. Since then it has housed the Chinese F-7s and K-8s and the SF.260 basic trainers, and has seen a run of fatal training accidents. Under Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017 it was renamed after Josiah Tungamirai, the former ZANLA political commissar who commanded the AFZ from 1986 to 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"sat\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Satellite<\/div>\n<h2>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru from above<\/h2>\n<div class=\"satfig\" id=\"satfig\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Enlarge the satellite view\">\n<div class=\"satimg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru seen from above\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"satzoom\">Click to enlarge<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"satcap\"><b>One runway, 2,672 m of asphalt.<\/b><span>Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics and the GIS user community<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"satlb\" id=\"satlb\"><span class=\"satlbx\">Close<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"satbig\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru seen from above, enlarged\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>#mfam .satimg{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/server.arcgisonline.com\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/World_Imagery\/MapServer\/export?bbox=29.83042,-19.45052,29.89347,-19.42292\\26 bboxSR=4326\\26 imageSR=3857\\26 size=1600,743\\26 format=jpg\\26 f=image\")!important}#mfam .satbig{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/server.arcgisonline.com\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/World_Imagery\/MapServer\/export?bbox=29.83231,-19.45535,29.89158,-19.41809\\26 bboxSR=4326\\26 imageSR=3857\\26 size=2048,1365\\26 format=jpg\\26 f=image\")!important}@media(max-width:820px){#mfam .satimg{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/server.arcgisonline.com\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/World_Imagery\/MapServer\/export?bbox=29.84731,-19.45052,29.87658,-19.42292\\26 bboxSR=4326\\26 imageSR=3857\\26 size=760,760\\26 format=jpg\\26 f=image\")!important}}<\/style>\n<div id=\"sat-data\" data-js=\"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\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(){var el=document.getElementById(\"sat-data\");var js=decodeURIComponent(escape(atob(el.getAttribute(\"data-js\"))));var sc=document.createElement(\"script\");sc.text=js;document.body.appendChild(sc);})();<\/script><hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"glance\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">At a glance<\/div>\n<h2>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru in numbers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"specgrid three\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Location &amp; codes<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>ICAO<\/dt>\n<dd>FVTL<\/dd>\n<dt>Country<\/dt>\n<dd>Zimbabwe<\/dd>\n<dt>Province<\/dt>\n<dd>Midlands Province, near Gweru<\/dd>\n<dt>Coordinates<\/dt>\n<dd>19.4367 S, 29.8619 E<\/dd>\n<dt>Elevation<\/dt>\n<dd>1,426 m <span class=\"imp\">(4,678 ft)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Usage<\/dt>\n<dd>Military<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Runways &amp; facilities<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Runways<\/dt>\n<dd>1<\/dd>\n<dt>Designator<\/dt>\n<dd>13\/31<\/dd>\n<dt>Length<\/dt>\n<dd>2,672 m <span class=\"imp\">(8,766 ft)<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Surface<\/dt>\n<dd>Asphalt<\/dd>\n<dt>Quick Reaction Alert<\/dt>\n<dd>None<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Command &amp; status<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Status<\/dt>\n<dd>Active<span class=\"gnote\">the AFZ&rsquo;s jet and flying training base: K-8 and Hawk, F-7 and SF.260 squadrons; Thornhill until 2017<\/span><\/dd>\n<dt>Operator<\/dt>\n<dd>Air Force of Zimbabwe<\/dd>\n<dt>Opened<\/dt>\n<dd>1942<\/dd>\n<dt>Command<\/dt>\n<dd>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, Air Force of Zimbabwe<\/dd>\n<dt>Resident units<\/dt>\n<dd>3 current, 3 former<\/dd>\n<dt>Based types<\/dt>\n<dd>5<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"units\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Resident units<\/div>\n<h2>Who flies from Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru<\/h2>\n<div class=\"oob\">\n<div><span>Current<\/span><em>3 units<\/em><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>No. 2 Squadron<small>Cobra &middot; Jet training and light attack squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/k-8-karakorum\/\">Hongdu K-8 Karakorum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/bae-hawk\/\">BAE Hawk T.60\/T.60A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/de-havilland-vampire\/\">de Havilland Vampire FB.9 and T.55 (Rhodesian era)<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>No. 5 Squadron<small>Arrow &middot; Fighter squadron &middot; active &middot; from 1986<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/chengdu-j-7\/\">Chengdu F-7II\/IIN and FT-7BZ<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>No. 6 Squadron<small>Tiger &middot; Basic flying training squadron &middot; active<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sf-260\/\">SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, SF.260TP and SF.260W; Percival Provost (Rhodesian era)<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div><span>Former<\/span><em>3 units<\/em><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt class=\"was\">No. 4 Squadron<small>&mdash; &middot; Motto &quot;Seek and strike&quot;. The AFZ article lists the squadron as inactive at Thornhill; the Thornhill article still lists Cessna FTB337G and O-2A aircraft. At the end of the Bush War it had 11 AL-60 Trojans, 21 Reims-Cessnas and 14 SF.260Ws (Wikipedia).<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">Reims-Cessna FTB337G Lynx, Aermacchi AL-60 Trojan (Rhodesian era)<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">No. 1 Squadron<small>&mdash; &middot; Motto &quot;Speed and courage&quot;; inactive since the Hunter was retired (AFZ article). It had 12 Hunters at Thornhill at the end of the Bush War (Wikipedia). Nine Hunters were damaged in the July 1982 sabotage.<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/hawker-hunter\/\" class=\"was\">Hawker Hunter FGA.9<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt class=\"was\">Rhodesian Air Training Group flying schools<small>1942&ndash;1955 &middot; Royal Air Force, not Rhodesian. Training began in March 1942; Wikipedia gives 1,810 pilots trained here during the war. Wikipedia dates the final RAF graduation parade to 6 August 1953; the Rhodesian veterans&rsquo; site says the RAF flew Harvards here until the station closed in 1955.<\/small><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"was\">North American Harvard and other RAF trainers<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Aircraft types based here<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/k-8-karakorum\/\">Hongdu K-8 Karakorum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/bae-hawk\/\">BAE Hawk T.60\/T.60A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/de-havilland-vampire\/\">de Havilland Vampire FB.9 and T.55 (Rhodesian era)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/chengdu-j-7\/\">Chengdu F-7II\/IIN and FT-7BZ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sf-260\/\">SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, SF.260TP and SF.260W; Percival Provost (Rhodesian era)<\/a>, Reims-Cessna FTB337G Lynx, Aermacchi AL-60 Trojan (Rhodesian era), <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/hawker-hunter\/\" class=\"was\">Hawker Hunter FGA.9<\/a>, North American Harvard and other RAF trainers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"knownfor\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Claim to fame<\/div>\n<h2>What Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru is known for<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kfgrid\">\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">01<\/div>\n<h3>A wartime flying school<\/h3>\n<p>Thornhill was one of the Rhodesian Air Training Group stations that trained Commonwealth aircrew for the RAF in the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">Training began in March 1942; Wikipedia counts 1,810 pilots trained here during the war.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">02<\/div>\n<h3>The 1982 sabotage<\/h3>\n<p>Weeks after the first Hawks arrived, saboteurs struck the base at night.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">25 July 1982: four Hawks, nine Hunters and one Lynx damaged; one Hawk written off.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">03<\/div>\n<h3>Zimbabwe&rsquo;s only fighters<\/h3>\n<p>The F-7 squadron, the AFZ&rsquo;s only supersonic aircraft, flies from here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">12 F-7s delivered in 1986; FlightGlobal&rsquo;s 2026 count, via Wikipedia, is nine.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">04<\/div>\n<h3>Where AFZ pilots learn to fly<\/h3>\n<p>Basic training on the SF.260 and jet training on the K-8 are both done here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">12 K-8s arrived in 2006; a simulator centre costing about US$41.5 million was being built in September 2006.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">05<\/div>\n<h3>A hard safety record<\/h3>\n<p>Training aircraft from the base have crashed repeatedly in the past decade.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">Seven fatal crashes of AFZ jets and trainers at or near Gweru reported from September 2008 to September 2025.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"kf\">\n<div class=\"kfn\">06<\/div>\n<h3>Renamed for a commander<\/h3>\n<p>The base carries the name of Josiah Tungamirai, AFZ commander from 1986 to 1992.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"kff\">Renamed under Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017, gazetted in November 2017.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"deep\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Go deeper<\/div>\n<h2>The long version<\/h2>\n<div class=\"deep\">\n<details class=\"ddet\">\n<summary><span class=\"dn\">01<\/span><span>A Second World War training station<\/span><span class=\"dx\">Read<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"dbody\">\n<p>Thornhill was born of the Empire flying-training effort. Wikipedia records that in 1939 a committee surveyed three sites near Gwelo, as Gweru was then spelt, for a Commonwealth training group airfield; the first buildings went up in 1941 and official training began in March 1942. It was one of the stations of the Rhodesian Air Training Group, which taught aircrew from across the Commonwealth and its allies in the clear skies of the colony.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia puts the number of pilots trained at Thornhill during the war at 1,810. After 1945 the RAF stayed on. The two accounts used here disagree about when it left: Wikipedia dates the final RAF graduation parade, when the RAF ensign was lowered, to 6 August 1953; the Rhodesian veterans&rsquo; history site says the RAF flew Harvards from Thornhill until the station closed in 1955 and was taken over by the Royal Rhodesian Air Force. The veterans&rsquo; list of station commanders begins with Squadron Leader Doug Whyte in November 1955.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"ddet\">\n<summary><span class=\"dn\">02<\/span><span>Building a jet base, 1956&ndash;1958<\/span><span class=\"dx\">Read<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"dbody\">\n<p>When the Royal Rhodesian Air Force took over, Thornhill was a grass-and-piston airfield. According to the veterans&rsquo; site, the government built a runway, taxiway and hardstandings with a new control tower and radar between 1956 and 1957 so that jet training could move there. Wikipedia dates the start of the tarmac runways and concrete hardstands to 1956 and the first landing on the new runway, by a Vampire, to 11 December 1957; ground approach radar followed in December 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Training moved with the concrete. No. 9 Short Service Unit flew the first Basic Flying School course at Thornhill in 1956 before moving to New Sarum for advanced work, and No. 10 Short Service Unit, in 1957&ndash;1958, was the first course to complete all its training there. By the end of the Bush War Thornhill was home to four squadrons: No. 1 with 12 Hunter FGA.9s, No. 2 with Vampires, No. 4 with Trojans, Reims-Cessna Lynxes and SF.260Ws, and No. 6 with Provosts and SF.260Cs, according to Wikipedia&rsquo;s Rhodesian Air Force article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"ddet\">\n<summary><span class=\"dn\">03<\/span><span>25 July 1982 and the rebuilding<\/span><span class=\"dx\">Read<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"dbody\">\n<p>Two years after independence the Air Force of Zimbabwe took delivery of eight BAE Hawk T.60s in July 1982. On the night of 25 July saboteurs attacked the aircraft at Thornhill. According to Wikipedia&rsquo;s AFZ article, four Hawks, nine Hunters and one FTB-337G Lynx were damaged: one Hawk was written off, another was repaired on site and two went back to British Aerospace to be rebuilt. The sources used for this entry do not say who carried out the attack, and no attribution is given here.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan stepped in. Wikipedia says the Pakistan Air Force trained most of the new Zimbabwean pilots, helped reconstruct Thornhill and lent Air Marshal Azim Daudpota as Chief of Air Staff from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, the year Josiah Tungamirai succeeded him, the AFZ took delivery of Chinese F-7s, the first supersonic aircraft Zimbabwe has flown; today No. 5 Squadron flies them from Thornhill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"ddet\">\n<summary><span class=\"dn\">04<\/span><span>Chinese trainers and a costly accident record<\/span><span class=\"dx\">Read<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"dbody\">\n<p>After Western sanctions cut off Hawk spares in the early 2000s, Zimbabwe bought 12 Hongdu K-8 jet trainers from China, delivered in 2006. Wikipedia&rsquo;s Thornhill article places them with No. 2 Squadron here, alongside No. 5&rsquo;s F-7s and No. 6&rsquo;s SF.260 basic trainers, and cites Jane&rsquo;s Defence Weekly for a simulation centre costing about US$41.5 million under construction in September 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Flying from Thornhill has a heavy price. A K-8 crashed into the married quarters on the base on 5 September 2008, killing both pilots (Wikipedia). Military Africa lists SF.260 losses in October 2018 at the base, in November 2020 near Somabhula, in February 2023 near Mlezu College and on 9 September 2025 just after take-off. In 2025 alone a K-8 trainee died near Guinea Fowl in February and an F-7 pilot on the Gweru&ndash;Mvuma road in May, according to NewZimbabwe. In each case the air force announced a board of inquiry; findings have not been published in the sources checked.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2017 the government gazetted Statutory Instrument 138, renaming barracks and bases after national heroes. Thornhill became Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, after the former ZANLA commissar who led the AFZ from 1986 to 1992; Fylde, near Chegutu, became Jason Ziyapapa Moyo Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"timeline\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru, year by year<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1939<\/div>\n<p>A committee surveys three sites near Gwelo for a Commonwealth training airfield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1942<\/div>\n<p>March: flying training begins at Thornhill under the Rhodesian Air Training Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1953<\/div>\n<p>6 August: final RAF graduation parade, according to Wikipedia; the veterans&rsquo; site dates the RAF&rsquo;s departure to 1955.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1955<\/div>\n<p>November: Squadron Leader Doug Whyte becomes the first Royal Rhodesian Air Force station commander listed by the veterans&rsquo; site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1956<\/div>\n<p>Construction of tarmac runways and concrete hardstands begins; No. 9 Short Service Unit starts basic training here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1957<\/div>\n<p>11 December: a Vampire makes the first landing on the new runway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1958<\/div>\n<p>December: ground approach radar is installed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1980<\/div>\n<p>Independence: the base passes to the Air Force of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1982<\/div>\n<p>25 July: saboteurs damage four Hawks, nine Hunters and a Lynx; one Hawk is written off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1986<\/div>\n<p>The first F-7 fighters are delivered; today No. 5 Squadron flies them from here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2006<\/div>\n<p>12 K-8 jet trainers arrive; a simulator centre of about US$41.5 million is under construction in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2008<\/div>\n<p>5 September: a K-8 crashes into the base&rsquo;s married quarters, killing both pilots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2017<\/div>\n<p>November: renamed Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base under Statutory Instrument 138.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2025<\/div>\n<p>February, May and 9 September: fatal K-8, F-7 and SF.260 crashes involving base aircraft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"incidents\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Incidents &amp; stories<\/div>\n<h2>What happened here<\/h2>\n<div class=\"inc\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">25 July 1982<\/div>\n<h3>Sabotage on the flight line<\/h3>\n<p>Days after Zimbabwe&rsquo;s first Hawk T.60s were delivered, saboteurs attacked aircraft parked at Thornhill during the night. Wikipedia&rsquo;s AFZ article lists four Hawks, nine Hunters and a single FTB-337G Lynx damaged. One Hawk was written off, one was repaired on the base and two were shipped back to British Aerospace for rebuilding. The loss of most of the Hunter force and half the new Hawks in one night was the worst blow the young air force suffered. The sources used here do not identify the perpetrators, so none is named.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe\">Wikipedia, finding aid<\/a><\/article>\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">5 September 2008<\/div>\n<h3>K-8 into the married quarters<\/h3>\n<p>A K-8 Karakorum jet trainer crashed into the Block 1 married quarters flats on the base. According to Wikipedia&rsquo;s AFZ article the two pilots, Flight Lieutenant Kudzai Kelvin Majongosi and Flight Lieutenant Dumisani Ndlovu, were killed. The source does not record casualties among residents. The K-8s had been in service for only two years.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe\">Wikipedia, finding aid<\/a><\/article>\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">February 2023<\/div>\n<h3>Two senior officers killed in an SF.260<\/h3>\n<p>An SF.260 struck power lines near Mlezu College outside Gweru. Military Africa reported that Group Captain Benson Munyanduki and Wing Commander Daniel Mawadza were killed. It was one of a string of SF.260 losses that Military Africa lists for the base&rsquo;s training fleet, including October 2018 at the base itself and November 2020 at Somabhula, about 24 km south-west of Gweru (defenceWeb&rsquo;s headline on the 2020 crash is dated 10 December).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.military.africa\/2025\/09\/zimbabwe-loses-another-sf-260-trainer-aircraft-two-pilots-killed\/\">Military Africa<\/a><\/article>\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">6 February 2025<\/div>\n<h3>K-8 trainee killed near Guinea Fowl<\/h3>\n<p>A K-8 of No. 2 Squadron, Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, crashed about 5 km east of Guinea Fowl, near Gweru, according to NewZimbabwe. The trainee pilot was killed, and the air force convened a board of inquiry. FlightGlobal&rsquo;s 2026 count, as tabulated on Wikipedia, still shows 12 K-8s, so the number flying is probably lower.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newzimbabwe.com\/pilot-dies-in-air-force-of-zimbabwe-jet-trainer-crash\/\">NewZimbabwe<\/a><\/article>\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">May 2025<\/div>\n<h3>F-7 lost on the Gweru&ndash;Mvuma road<\/h3>\n<p>An F-7 on a routine sortie crashed in the Wazheri area on the Gweru&ndash;Mvuma road, NewZimbabwe reported on 31 May 2025, killing Squadron Leader (retired) Ritswanetsi Vuyo Ncube. The F-7 squadron is based at Thornhill according to Wikipedia; NewZimbabwe&rsquo;s report is the source for the crash details.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newzimbabwe.com\/airforce-of-zimbabwe-pilot-killed-as-fighter-jet-crashes\/\">NewZimbabwe<\/a><\/article>\n<article>\n<div class=\"incd\">9 September 2025<\/div>\n<h3>SF.260 down after take-off<\/h3>\n<p>An SF.260 trainer crashed shortly after taking off from Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base. Military Africa reported that the instructor, Squadron Leader Chidyausiku, died at the scene and the trainee pilot died later of his injuries. The air force opened a formal inquiry into the cause.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"incs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.military.africa\/2025\/09\/zimbabwe-loses-another-sf-260-trainer-aircraft-two-pilots-killed\/\">Military Africa<\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"map\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Location<\/div>\n<h2>Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru and its neighbours<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mapframe\">\n<div id=\"oobmap\" class=\"oobmap\" style=\"height:440px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\"><span><i class=\"dot\"><\/i> Active air base<\/span><span><i class=\"dot was\"><\/i> Closed or reserve<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt\" id=\"nearbytbl\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Nearby base<\/th>\n<th>ICAO<\/th>\n<th>Status<\/th>\n<th>Based types<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr data-base=\"manyame\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/manyame\/\">Manyame Air Force Base (New Sarum), Harare<\/a><\/td>\n<td>FVRG<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td>CASA C-212-200 Aviocar, Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, Douglas C-47 Dakota (Rhodesian era), A&#233;rospatiale Alouette III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-base=\"jason-ziyapapa-moyo\">\n<td>Jason Ziyapapa Moyo Air Force Base (Fylde), Chegutu<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-base=\"buffalo-range\">\n<td>Buffalo Range Airport (Forward Airfield 7), Chiredzi<\/td>\n<td>FVCZ<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">Active<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Everything people ask about Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open>\n<summary>What is Thornhill Air Base now called?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Since November 2017 it has been Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, under Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017, which renamed barracks and bases after national heroes. Josiah Tungamirai commanded the Air Force of Zimbabwe from 1986 to 1992. The old name Thornhill is still widely used.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is Thornhill Air Base known for?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">It is the Air Force of Zimbabwe&rsquo;s main jet and training base, home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/chengdu-j-7\/\">F-7<\/a> fighters and the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/k-8-karakorum\/\">K-8<\/a> and SF.260 trainers. It began as a wartime RAF training station in 1942 and is remembered for the sabotage of 25 July 1982, when four Hawks, nine Hunters and a Lynx were damaged.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which aircraft are based at Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">According to Wikipedia, No. 2 Squadron flies K-8s (and the surviving Hawks), No. 5 Squadron the Chengdu F-7 and FT-7, and No. 6 Squadron SF.260 trainers. No. 4 Squadron, with Cessna Lynx aircraft, is listed as inactive. Serviceability figures are not published.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Where is Thornhill Air Base?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">On the edge of Gweru in Zimbabwe&rsquo;s Midlands Province. Its ICAO code is FVTL; OurAirports gives an elevation of 4,680 ft and a runway of about 2,670 m.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What happened at Thornhill in July 1982?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">On the night of 25 July 1982 saboteurs damaged four new BAE Hawks, nine Hunters and a Cessna Lynx on the base, according to Wikipedia. One Hawk was written off and two were returned to British Aerospace for rebuilding. The sources used here do not identify who carried it out.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Was Thornhill an RAF base?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes. It opened as a Royal Air Force training station of the Rhodesian Air Training Group, with flying from March 1942; Wikipedia says 1,810 pilots were trained there during the war. The RAF left in the 1950s, in 1953 according to Wikipedia or 1955 according to the Rhodesian veterans&rsquo; history, and the Royal Rhodesian Air Force took over.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many accidents have there been at Thornhill?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Wikipedia, Military Africa and NewZimbabwe report fatal crashes of base aircraft in 2008, 2018, 2020, 2023 and three in 2025 (a K-8 in February, an F-7 in May and an SF.260 in September). The results of the boards of inquiry have not been published.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru still an active military air base?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes. Active (the AFZ&rsquo;s jet and flying training base: K-8 and Hawk, F-7 and SF.260 squadrons; Thornhill until 2017). The Air Force of Zimbabwe operates it as Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, Air Force of Zimbabwe.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the ICAO code of Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The ICAO code of Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru is FVTL. The airfield sits at 1,426 m above sea level in Midlands Province, near Gweru, at 19.4367 S, 29.8619 E.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How long is the runway at Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru has one runway: 13\/31, 2,672 m (8,766 ft), asphalt.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which squadrons are based at Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru currently hosts No. 2 Squadron flying the Hongdu K-8 Karakorum, BAE Hawk T.60\/T.60A, de Havilland Vampire FB.9 and T.55 (Rhodesian era); No. 5 Squadron flying the Chengdu F-7II\/IIN and FT-7BZ; No. 6 Squadron flying the SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, SF.260TP and SF.260W; Percival Provost (Rhodesian era).<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which aircraft used to fly from Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Over its history Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (Thornhill), Gweru has hosted No. 4 Squadron (&mdash;) with the Reims-Cessna FTB337G Lynx, Aermacchi AL-60 Trojan (Rhodesian era); No. 1 Squadron (&mdash;) with the Hawker Hunter FGA.9; Rhodesian Air Training Group flying schools (1942&ndash;1955) with the North American Harvard and other RAF trainers.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is Thornhill Air Base now called?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Since November 2017 it has been Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base, under Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017, which renamed barracks and bases after national heroes. 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A Rhodesian veterans&rsquo; account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.co.zw\/news\/govt-renames-all-army-barracks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Search Zimbabwe: Govt renames all army barracks (18 November 2017)<\/a><span>Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017 under section 89 of the Defence Act: Thornhill Air Force Base becomes Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base and Fylde (spelt &quot;Flyde&quot;) Air Force Base becomes Jason Ziyapapa Moyo Air Force Base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.africa\/2025\/09\/zimbabwe-loses-another-sf-260-trainer-aircraft-two-pilots-killed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military Africa: Zimbabwe loses another SF-260 trainer aircraft, two pilots killed (Patrick Kenyette, 19 September 2025)<\/a><span>9 September 2025 crash shortly after take-off from Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base; Squadron Leader Chidyausiku and a trainee killed; earlier SF.260 losses in 2014, October 2018 (at the base), November 2020 (Somabhula) and February 2023 (near Mlezu College, Gweru).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"verified\">Verified 2026-10-01.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<style>#mfam .cflag{background-image:url(https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/swiss-canton-flags-sprite-v2.png)!important}#mfam .cf0{background-position:-2px -2px}#mfam .cf1{background-position:-22px -2px}#mfam .cf2{background-position:-42px -2px}#mfam .cf3{background-position:-62px -2px}#mfam .cf4{background-position:-82px -2px}#mfam .cf5{background-position:-102px -2px}#mfam .cf6{background-position:-122px -2px}#mfam .cf7{background-position:-142px -2px}#mfam .cf8{background-position:-162px -2px}#mfam .cf9{background-position:-182px -2px}<\/style>\n<style>#mfam .nflag{background-image:url(https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aircraft-manufacturer-country-flags-v4.png)!important}#mfam .nf0{background-position:-2px -2px}#mfam .nf1{background-position:-24px -2px}#mfam 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