C Coy of 1 Parachute Battalion was involved in smaller skirmished in the south of Angola. Once again at Santa Clara as well as Namacunde, Cheedi and Onoile. Four MPLA soldiers were killed and 20 captured
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
FN MAG Gunner during the bush war
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
1978, 2SAI troops training around Walvis Bay Area
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Eland 90’s circa 1978 training outside Walvis Bay
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SADF Fighting Columns In Small Wars: An OMFTS Model – SADF Ops Analyses
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
SADF infantryman during the Border War, in the early 1980s.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Rare pic of a SADF Kudu MPV …probably late 1970s
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF
SAAF #Cheetah D climbing out
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF
SAAF #Cheetah C
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 1 Squadron SAAF
SAAF #Mirage F1AZ in ‘Le Spectre’ low-visibility color scheme with a Matra R530 slung underneath
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 1 Squadron SAAF
1 Sqn #Mirage F1AZ was taken from the back seat of a 24 Sqn #Buccaneer whilst flying on a combat sortie over Angola during Ops #Modular in 1987
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group 24 Squadron SAAF
24 Squadron Buccaneer demonstrating exactly that as it thunders along at low level over Southern Angola en-route to an enemy target during Operation Modular, sometime between August – December 1987. Image courtesy to Graham Du Toit.
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Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War
Here is a never before published photograph taken from the cockpit of a SAAF Puma Helicopter airlifting Paratrooper Fire-Force troops into action during the Border War.
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so sad they were withdrawn from service… most went to the Ecuador Air Force