Cuban Units - The African War Stories Archive

Eduardo Gonzalez

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 2, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA | 0 comments

Lubango, March 1986. Maj Eduardo Gonzalez directing preparations for the MiG-23 ferry flights from Lubango to Huambo, to position for the C-130 interception...

Raul Rubio

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 2, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA | 0 comments

Capt Raul Rubio strapping into the front seat of a MiG-23UB for a night-training flight during March 1986

Lorenzo Morales Ramos

by XO BBHQ | Sep 17, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA | 0 comments

Cuban pilot of MiG-21 killed in Angola, other sources say MIG-23 ML near Lubango

Juan Miguel Benítez Fernández

by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units | 0 comments

Cangamba, at nightfall on 7 August 1983, there was a heavy firefight in front of Sector No. 1 as UNITA advanced from the houses, shouting, and the defenders were forced to retreat. The artillery fire destroyed the last remaining BRDM. In Sector No. 3, Cuban...

Emilio Jardín López

by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units | 0 comments

Killed in action during the Battle of Cangamba in Angola on August 6, 1983

Eddy Gómez Planelles

by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units | 0 comments

Gómez Planelles, Eddy (Ciénaga de Zapata, Matanzas, 11/6/68). Sapper. Died in a mine explosion on March 4, 1989, during the battles at Cuito Cuanavale. His body, completely destroyed, could not be recovered. He is remembered in Cuba, with a school in...

Eduardo Gonzalez

Raul Rubio

Lorenzo Morales Ramos

Juan Miguel Benítez Fernández

Emilio Jardín López

Eddy Gómez Planelles

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