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Mwetufa “Cabral” Mupopiwa

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 12, 2026 | SWAPO Units | 0 comments

Dimo Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Hamaambo

Dimo Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Hamaambo

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 12, 2026 | SWAPO Units | 0 comments

Hamaambo finally went into exile in 1962 through Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and into Tanganyika (now Tanzania). From Tanzania, Hamaambo went for military training in newly independent Algeria and later the Soviet Union before becoming Second Deputy Army Commander of...
Omar Gastón Caballero

Omar Gastón Caballero

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units | 0 comments

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...
Venancio Goyes Torres

Venancio Goyes Torres

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units | 0 comments

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).
Orestes Lorenzo Pérez

Orestes Lorenzo Pérez

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 11, 2026 | Cuban Units, FAPA/DAA | 0 comments

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.
Juan Antonio Olivares Horta

Juan Antonio Olivares Horta

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 10, 2026 | FAPA/DAA, Cuban Units | 0 comments

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...
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