AFB Grootfontein was a major air field used as a staging area for many SAAF operations into Angola - especially with the Buccaneers and Canberras
Namibia
AFB Rundu
Air Force Base Rundu was established at Rundu in the Kavango as one of a number of operational air force bases in Sector 20 of the then South West Africa Command. Originally known as AFB Runtu, the spelling was later changed to Rundu. 70 Mobile Radar Group deployed a...
AFB Mpacha
Air Force Base Mpacha was established near Katima Mulilo in the eastern Caprivi as one of a number of operational air force bases in Sector 70 of the then South West Africa Command. It became a permanent base for a flight of Impala Mk II fighters and Alouette and Puma...
Fort Doppies
Fort Doppies was situated in the Eastern part of the Caprivi Strip on the Cuando river, in the former South West Africa, (now Namibia). It was established in the 1970’s and closed down in 1990 when South African forces withdrew from the then South West Africa. Fort...
Fort Foot
Fort Foot was a Special Forces base situated inside the military base area at the town of Rundu, located on the border of the former South West Africa, (now Namibia), and Angola. It was named Fort Foot because during its construction, the Recce operators deployed on...
Ongandjera Koevoet Base
Ongandjera was a SAP-COIN Base around 1985
AFB Ondangwa
Air Force Base Ondangwa was initially established at the Ondangwa Airfield on 2 February 1972, under the name "Playboy". The only military presence at that time in the area was at Oshakati, which fell under 1 Military Area in northern SWA. It soon became the most...
Namibian F-7 fighter badly damaged in runway overshoot
A Namibia Defence Force (NDF) F-7 fighter jet has been badly damaged in a runway excursion at Ondangwa’s Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport. The aircraft (0315) suffered the incident on 15 October. The Chief of the Namibia Defence Force, Air Marshal Martin Pinehas, told...
Namibia Commissions Two Naval Ships Donated by China
Namibia commissioned two Chinese-built naval patrol vessels at the harbor town of Walvis Bay on Friday. The two attack and patrol vessels christened as Brukkaros and Daures, boast surface and undersurface targets attacking capabilities. They were donated by the...
Namibia To Get 8 RG32M Armored Vehicles, 4 SDROW Weapon Stations
Denel has announced that it is on track to deliver RG32M armored patrol vehicles and Self Defence Remotely Operated Weapon (SDROW) lightweight remote weapon systems to Namibia. "The contract is a substantial one and consists of eight RG32M vehicles and four SDROW...
Operation Phoenix
SWAPO's military wing PLAN had created a specialised infiltration unit called Volcano. Members of this unit had spent the second half of 1982 receiving training from East German, Cuban and Russian instructors and were regarded as best PLAN soldiers.  By January 1983,...
Operation Revenge
A SWAPO operation / attack on the South African Defence Force (SADF) base at Katima Mulilo on August 23, 1978, in retaliation for the preceding South African Operation Reindeer. This response involved a bombardment of rockets launched from Zambia, which killed ten...
Operation Seiljag 1
The next deployment against SWAPO by the officially renamed 32 Battalion was in November 1976, and involved ‘special operations’ companies under command of Omauni base, as well as companies deployed in Owamboland and acting under command of a battalion headquarters in...
Operation Blouwildebees
By early 1966, the South African authorities had become aware of SWAPO's presence and two Alouette III helicopters were dispatched to the region to aid the detachment of South African police assigned to guard the border. Using an informer within the group of...