FAPLA troops hitching a ride on a soviet-built BRDM

#Puma helicopter flying over #Ovamboland in the now Namibia.

SADF clearing SWAPO or FAPLA bunkers in the Border War circa 1980’s

Cuban soldier in Angola photographed by Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, 1982

Cuban soldiers jumping from an Mi-8 helicopter landing in Angola, 1982.

Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) in Angola, 1985.

Soviet advisors with their Angolan (FAPLA) compatriots in the 1980’s

Gunner in South African #Alouette relies on sign language to communicate with another heli in the flight

South African Olifant tanks are pictured moving up to the frontline prior to a major battle near Angola’s Cuito River in the late 1980s

Angolan #Su-22

Soviet or Cuban Pilot photographed alongside an Angolan Air Force #MiG-21bis fighter jet, mid-1980s.

Cubans in Angola