As was customary for all operations, Captain Tomás held a meeting with the Lieutenants to plan the details of this operation.The order came from Sector A Command in Vila Cabral, via B.Caç.2853 in Macaloge, on which we were operationally dependent. The operational...
During the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974), Aeródromo Base N.º 7 (AB7) was a primary sector airbase located in the Matundo/Chingodzi region of Tete, Mozambique (3rd Aerial Region) and a critical operational hub. It directly supported anti-guerrilla actions, border...
Aerodrome-Base No. 6 (AB6), historically known as Aeródromo-Base Nº 6, is a military airfield of the Portuguese Air Force. Located in Nova Freixo (now Cuamba), Mozambique, during its operational era as a overseas base. According to colonial air force doctrine, "Base...
The military facility historically known as Aeródromo-Base Nº 5 (AB5) in Nacala, Mozambique, played a vital role for the Portuguese Air Force during the Portuguese Colonial War (Guerra do Ultramar). During its peak military deployment as Aeródromo-Base Nº 5 (AB5)...
Aeródromo de Manobra Nº 71 (AM71), located near Chitima and Estima in the Tete Province, was a purpose-built tactical airbase designed to counter a specific strategic threat: FRELIMO's campaign to sabotage the construction of the massive Cahora Bassa Dam. As...
Aeródromo de Manobra Nº 51 (AM51), situated on the high plateau of Mueda in the northern Cabo Delgado province, was arguably the most critical, heavily fortified, and dangerous forward airbase operated by the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa -...
Base Aérea Nº 10 (BA10) was established in February 1961 next to the strategic port city of Beira. It served as the operational heart and command centre for Air Region 3 (ZA3) during the Portuguese Colonial War. Because Beira occupied a central location in Mozambique,...
Base Aérea Nº 8 (BA8), co-located with the civilian Mavalane Airport (now Maputo International Airport), served as the primary strategic and logistics command hub for the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa - FAP) in southern Mozambique. Because it was...
Aldeia da Barragem
OP URIC is the controversial operation of The Rhodesian War. Though it resulted in over 300 enemy dead for the loss of 15 of their own (the highest of the war) the Rhodesians, with their very high operational standards, did not regard it as a success. There was...
Operation Mardon was a series of coordinated Rhodesian cross-border raids into Mozambique between October and December 1976, aimed at disrupting the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA). These raids involved simultaneous attacks on ZANLA camps,...
Operation Long John was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 25 June 1976 against two ZANLA guerrilla bases located in Mozambique near Mapai. Operation Long John was an attack on a guerrilla transit camp at Mapai and staging post...
Operation Gordian Knot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa. The operation was carried out in 1970, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). The...