Portuguese Dragoon Angola

Dragoons Angola

The 1st Cavalry Group GCav1 was based in based in Silva Porto, Angola

Column in Chindorilho, Angola, February 14, 1970

Explosion of a mine under a FOX vehicle, in Largo do Aço, Angola on October 17, 1969

Mine explosion in “Chindorilho, between Mueda / Sagal, Angola February 14, 1969

A convoy of Ratel 20’s and 90’s from 61 Mechanised battalion crosses the SADF -built pontoon bridge over the Kavango river, upon the withdrawal from Southern Angola 30 August 1988

Cuban troops in Angola

A Russian TU-95RT strategic bomber at Luanda airport on an unspecified date between 1976 and 1977

A rarely seen photograph of Cuban pilots Manuel Rojas García (Lieutenant Colonel) and Manuel Quesada Aguilar (Captain), prisoners of Savimbi, whose MIG-21UM was shot down on October 28, 1987, by UNITA’s MANPAD (manual anti-aircraft missile) in the Luena area. The photo was taken on October 31 of the same year at a political rally in Jamba.

A 3 Squadron Mirage F1CZ on alert at AFB Ondangwa circa 1981. Note the wingtip mounted Matra R550 air-to-air missile

Cuban ground crew prepare Angolan MiG-21bis C-315 for its next sortie at Menongue