by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units |
Omar Gastón Caballero (Cruces, May 13, 1954). He committed suicide in an unspecified location in Angola on April 30, 1984. He was a member of the Communist Youth and spent 10 months in Angola before taking his own...
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units |
Venancio Goyes Torres (Torriente, Matanzas, 30.10.68). He committed suicide in Angola on 5.10.88, after 22 months of being in the war (he had arrived on 23.12.86).
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA |
In March 1991, Major Orestes Lorenzo defected to the US in a MiG-23BN. A year later, he entered Cuba in a small plane and picked up his wife and two children, evading Cuban air defenses.
by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 10, 2026 | FAPA/DAA, Cuban Units |
Juan Olivares Horta - one of the first group of Cuban pilots to fly MiG-23MLs into combat in August-September 1985. Historical aviation records frequently tie the Olivares Horta family name to a famous international incident in Angola. On August 7, 1988, a...
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
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