Cuban soldier in Angola photographed by Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, 1982.

MiG-23 pilot Lino Vieras (left) and a Cuban intelligence officer next to a MiG-23ML at Huambo in April 1986. An R-24T missile is loaded on the jet’s left shoulder pylon

Impala flypast at AFB Mpacha

A group of Cuban pilots in Angola. Alberto Ley Rivas is crouching in the front row furthest right, wearing a t-shirt. Fourth from the right at the back is Danasio Valdés, shot down by SAAF Mirages in a MiG-21 in 1981

Cuban pilot Alberto Ley, after a mission in a Mig 23, 1987

Recce Selection

C Squadron Rhodesian SAS

A Company 2RAR ‘Heavies’ ready for action!

P Troop BSAP Support Unit

Fire Force gunner Beaver Shaw performing a pre-flight check in an Alouette K-Car gunship.

Superintendent Bob Mansel PATU BSAP