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South African Border War

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  • SADF Troops and #UNITA troops in Angola

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  • South West Africa Border War, many veterans will recognise this. Famous Medic Mural painted on the wall at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at AFB #Ondangwa. The Medic fraternity that served in this facility were Top Class and saved many lives (Both Friend and Foe) for the duration of the Bush War. Nothing short of RESPECT is given here.

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  • There is enemy activity in Northern Kavango and South Eastern Angola. Here we see a 32 Battalion reaction force taking off from Air Force Base #Rundu in South West Africa/Namibia to seek out the enemy and destroy the threat – 1983. #32Bn #Puma

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  • South West African/Namibian Border War, this destroyed homestead reminds us again of the sheer sacrifice asked of young men in a war and the devastating loss of it all. Liberty as they say is not “cheap”.

    03 Jul 1987: Two members from the South African Defence Force 1 Special Service Battalion, attached to the 10th Armoured Car Regiment were…Read More

  • This SADF “MASH” unit was a familier memory to many of the veterans of the South West Afrrica/Namibia and Angola border Bush War.

    Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Air Force Base #Ondangwa. Many, many SADF personnel owe their lives to the surgeons and medical staff that served in this Hospital and to the SAAF Chopper Crews that casevaced…Read More

  • This is a water cooled .50 (50 calibre) Browning Machine Gun, seen here in the South West African/Namibian Opertional Area during the Bush War.

    Now .. that’s Firepower.

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    • we had a water cooled 50 and a regular 50 on the tower right behind the skietwal behind our terapin at the KG Hokke at Oshakati

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The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia, Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990

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