AFB Swartkop is home to the headquarters and largest of the three museum locations, occupying at least five hangars.

The Shackleton has been grounded for several years already though, as there is no qualified aircrew and the remaining airframe hours are insufficient to train new crew, apart from the obvious concern of preservation of this historic aircraft.

[11] The Douglas C-47 Dakota here, is the aircraft used in 1952 by the SAAF to help Professor J. L. B. Smith acquire a coelacanth fish specimen from the Comoros Islands.

[12] Aircraft on display There are few exhibits at the Port Elizabeth Airport branch of the museum because of the limited hangar space available.

[citation needed] One of the more unusual exhibits is a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil ground-effect craft.