It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof[2] and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum.

The name of the air force base, Swartkop means Black hill in Afrikaans.

AFB Swartkop is located in the town Centurion (previously Verwoerdburg) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, between Pretoria and Midrand (Johannesburg), which is a part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

The Dutch spelling of Zwartkop was retained for the Air Force Station that was subsequently established there.

As of December 2013 the South African Air Force still hasn't vacated all operational units on the base.