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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

FAPA-DAA (angolan) $Mi-8
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 8 months ago

SAAF #Cheetahs being bombed up – looks ;ike AFB Langebaanweg
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 8 months ago

sAAF #Cheetah C No 77
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

• 1 year, 8 months ago

SAAF #Cheetah C
Greg McEwan-Marriott

• 1 year, 8 months ago

Watched Legacy Conversations interview with SADF Col Stanley F Botten – who was the second in command of 2 Recce Regiment as well as a Hunter Group officer. It was from the Hunter Group that the idea to create South African Special Forces started.

He was also the SO1 for Ops Firewood, 1987, giving us valuable…Read More
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

SADF Troops heading out of base on patrol
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group UNITA

• 1 year, 8 months ago

UNITA rebels with a 106mm recoilles gun, Angola 1989
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

Angolan SA-13 Strela-10 system in the bush
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

#Buffel and #Kwevoel after hitting a landmine near Chambinga
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

SADF troops moving past destroyed FAPLA vehicles
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

FN MAG Gunner during the bush war
Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

• 1 year, 8 months ago

1978, 2SAI troops training around Walvis Bay Area
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR

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RHODESIAN BUSH WAR

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PORTUGUESE WAR MOZAMBIQUE

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WAR STORIES

The story of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Portuguese Air Force in Angola
Pfumo re Vanhu
Killing Zone
The Hawker Hunter and Rhodesia’s Bush War
Cuban MiG-23’s night attack on SAAF C130B’s

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7 Squadron RRAF
4 South African Infantry Battalion
2 South African Infantry Battalion
5 South African Infantry Battalion

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M-4 Patmor

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Operation Moduler
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Operation Motel I
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We Fear Naught But God
Angola: The Battle of Kifangondo, 1975
Zulu Zulu Golf
19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola

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A Far-Away War: Angola 1975-1989

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The Cuban Adventure – A Cuban Perspective of Air Operations in Angola

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TOPDECK PILOT’S GUIDE FOR SAAF C130

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Rhodesian SAS Combat Manual

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The War for Africa

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The Organizer: The Story of Temba Moyo (1974) ZAPU/ZIPRA

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Mozambique Revolution no.58, January-March 1974

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1987 Jan

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Aermacchi MB-326KC Impala MK2 Performance Data

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The USSR and SWAPO: SECRET MISSION IN ANGOLA (1977–1990)

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SADF Workshop Repair Manual - 5.56mm R-4 Assault Rifle

SADF Workshop Repair Manual – 5.56mm R-4 Assault Rifle

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Mozambican Revolution no.46, January-April 1966

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Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

Mozambique Revolution no.56, July-September 1973

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Original Ops Briefing Slides – Modular, Hooper & Packer

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Mirage F1 Cyrano IV Radar Manual

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1985 Jun

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1983 Jan

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Mozambique Revolution no.59, April-June 1974

Mozambique Revolution no.59, April-June 1974

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Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1981 Oct

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Buccaneer S50 – Aircrew Notes

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Mozambique Revolution no.55

Mozambique Revolution no.55, April-June 1973

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The MB-326KC, commonly known as the Impala Mk II, is a single-seat, light attack aircraft version of the Aermacchi MB-326 jet…
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Hamaambo finally went into exile in 1962 through Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and into Tanganyika (now Tanzania). From Tanzania,…
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The following account narrates the downing of a Cuban helicopter with 15 people on board, commanded by pilot…
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Omar Gastón Caballero (Cruces, May 13, 1954). He committed suicide in an unspecified location in Angola on April…

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