by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 2, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA |
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...
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Dec 2, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA |
Capt Raul Rubio strapping into the front seat of a MiG-23UB for a night-training flight during March 1986
by XO BBHQ | Sep 17, 2025 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA |
Cuban pilot of MiG-21 killed in Angola, other sources say MIG-23 ML near Lubango
by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units |
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...
by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units |
Killed in action during the Battle of Cangamba in Angola on August 6, 1983
by XO BBHQ | Sep 16, 2025 | Cuban Units |
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...