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    XO BBHQ posted in the group 2 Squadron ’Flying Cheetahs’ SAAF

    • 1 year, 3 months ago

    2 Squadron Mirage IIICZ in low vis

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group SAAFOPS: Angolan Theater

    • 3 years ago

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Selous Scouts

    • 3 years, 1 month ago

    #Rhodesian Selous Scout operators, circa. 1977. If you want to fight in the bush, you have to smell like the bush. #selousscouts

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    XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

    • 3 years, 1 month ago
    When Bullets Could Not Harm Us - Angolan Bush War. Story Of Enemy Raids And Counter Insurgency
    In this video, we take a look at the 1 special service battalion, who were sent into the Angolan bush war during the 1970's and 1980's. This unit was made up of conscripts, who were able to fight against the insurgency as well as play often a more conventional role against Russian, Cuban and Angolan forces always with a belief that bullets would not harm them. We explore the history of the 1 special service battalion and their role in the Angolan bush war, as well as the conscripts who made it possible. This battalion was a key player in many of the cross border raids into Angola.
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    XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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    a yummy ratpack !!!!!!11

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group South African Border War

    • 3 years, 1 month ago

    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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    XO BBHQ posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

    • 3 years, 1 month ago

    https://africanwars.org/the-hawker-hunter-and-rhodesias-bush-war/

    The Hawker Hunter and Rhodesia’s ‘Bush War | combat360
    How rapidly times alter. As the so-called ‘Winds of Change’ swept through colonial Africa, the process of decolonisation gathered inexorable pace. Rhodesia was a prominent example. In July 1964, it experienced its first terrorist incident when a white farmer was murdered. Relations with the British government worsened the following year over the issue of majority rule, resulting in Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence on 11 November 1965. To some it was the fulfilment of a long-held dream. To others, in both countries, the view was very different.
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    XO BBHQ posted in the group South African Border War

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      Regular CMV correspondent James Kinnear earlier this year met
      with members of the Union of Veterans of Angola during a trip to Russia to find
      out more about the war in Angola from the Soviet perspective

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