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    SADF joint army and air force operations in South West Africa (now Namibia). 1988 #Oshivelo, here is a great photo capturing a reaction force on the move, here seen walking past a SAAF Alouette III under general maintenance on the apron. Photo copyright Outapi War Museum.

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    SADF Troops on a Unimog at Rundu 1976.

  • Perfect formation flight by 2 Squadron South African Air Force’ in their then ‘new’ Mirage III’s in 1968 – still in their colour scheme of silver metal and red lightning flash, before changing to their bush war camouflage scheme.

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    SADF leaflet distributed to warn the local population in South West Africa/Namibia and neighbouring states not to join SWAPO

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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    Ops #Protea, SADF Crossing at #Xangongo with Captured Enemy 23mm AA Guns.

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    ‘Mopping up’ in #Cassinga the paratroopers recovered a relatively small number of mainly Soviet weapons, these included a B-10 Recoilless Rifle, AK-47, AKM and SKS Assault rifles and carbines, boxes of RGD-5, RG-42 and F1 Hand Grenades, some TM-57 Anti-Tank Mines, RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rockets and 82mm B-10 recoilless Rockets still in their tin tra…Read More

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    SADF Troops and UNITA troops in Angola

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    SAAF Puma in support of Portuguese troops in Angola

  • Boat 3 (P1563) the SAS Frederick Creswell ‘shadowing’ the Soviet aircraft carrier ‘Minsk’ at extremely close range.

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    Five of South Africa’s ‘Minister Class’ Strike Craft Photo, SAS Jan Smuts (P1561), SAS Jim Fouche (P1564), SAS Frans Erusmus (P1565), SAS Hendrick Mentz (P1567) and SAS Magnus Malan (P1569). Photo courtesy Frank Lima

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    Monday March 04,1980 RhACR ‘E’ Sqn listen to ZRBC election result broadcast – Operation Quartz will not go ahead.

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    Major Nortman and the crew, Johan Jacobs, Neels Claasen, Darren Nelson, 32 Battalion September 1987

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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER WAR
39 years ago...
30 Oct 1987 Cuvelai

On 30 October, from 12:26 to 13:16 and again from 15:45 to 17:03, 8 x SAAF Impala aircraft carried out more air strikes, this time on a large FAPLA base which was situated at the town of Cuvelai, south of Indungo

39 years ago...
30 Oct 1987 Mavinga

4 SAI arrives at Mavinga after a rigorous ten day cross country journey and is immediately ordered to form the core element of Battle Group Charlie, consisting of two mechanised companies in Ratel 20 IFV’s, two motorized companies from 32 Battalion in Buffel MPV’s, a squadron of 13 Olifant MBT’s, a squadron of Ratel 90 IFV’s, a G5 battery and MRL troop, a 20-mm anti-aircraft troop and a mechanised support company.

Simultaneously, FAPLA begin a tentative advance south again, probably sensing a lull in offensive operations from the SADF side as combat units are rotated into and out of theatre

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