The sharp end of the SA Air Force (SAAF) is currently honing its skills by way of a weapons camp at Air Force Base (AFB) Overberg in the Western Cape. The camp started in the final week of October, the...

In Sudan, anti-government forces shot down an Il-76 carrying a Russian crew with a Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system. The aircraft may have been on a highly unusual mission. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which had previously operated with...

The armourer Flight Sergeant didn't like it one bit - "Captain, our orders were to load your aircraft with 72 standard HE rockets. I cannot change that on your request!' He was quite correct of course. The type of weapon...

When thinking about concealment - think of the 10s' - being: Shape, Silhouette, Shadow, Shade, Shine, Spacing, Size, Silence or Sound, Smell and Scent. Shape The shape of the human body - is instantly recognisable anywhere. Unlike most things in nature,...

Our first operation, code-named First Blood, was to destroy a temporary base in Zambia belonging to SWAPO, the guerrilla group fighting for the independence of South West Africa . The base was a small transit camp, situated less than...