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

Portuguese Soldiers in Guinéa

Soviet Military Interpreter Oleg Gritsuk of the 13th FAPLA Brigade at the end of 1987 at Cuito Cuanavale

Support Commando 1 RLI elements assemble at Ruda, Honde valley, on the Mozambican border for Operation Miracle

Operation Dingo Zulu 1: Alouette’s refuelling at the admin base inside Mozambique.

Inspector Alan Stock (crouching), Patrol Officer Alan Murray, Constable David and Section Officer Dave Lawson on PATU duties at Karanda in the northeast, 1973

Freefall paratroops deploy from a C-47 Dakota

Operation Cheese proved conclusively that the RLI could operate behind enemy lines as well as the SAS.

A PATU stick, Centenary East, 1975.

RLI, National Parks and BSAP personnel display captured Russian weaponry, Zambezi valley, 1966.