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Buffalo Range Airport , designated as Forward Air Field 7 (FAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War, is an airport serving Chiredzi, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. It is northwest of the town.
History Chiredzi Air Force based was opened in c1976. It was large enough for operations involving the Douglas C-47 by September 1979. Around the early 1980s, runway 14/32 opened replacing the older runway, and it was converted for use as a taxiway. These upgrades were to enlargen the airport to strategic airfield status. Upgrades of the existing facilities were not carried out. As of 2004, it is a joint public-military airfield housing the School of Military Training.
Facilities The Chiredzi non-directional beacon (Ident: CZ) is located off the threshold of runway 14. The Chiredzi or Buffalo Range non-directional beacon (Ident: BI) is located on the field.
Accidents and incidents 6 January 1977: A Rhodesian Air Force Douglas C-47B, tail number R7034, hit overhead conveyor steel cables, across the Lundi River on return from Malapati airfield, crashing and killing three occupants, pilot, co-pilot and Despatcher. Three Despatcher passengers survived.
See also Chiredzi District List of airports in Zimbabwe Transport in Zimbabwe
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