#Recces (South African Special Forces), Angola

#Recces (South African Special Forces), Angola, circa 1987.

SADF #G5 Howitzers after Operation #Packer from Southern Angola back to their bases in South West Africa/Namibia. 30 August 1988.

Photo copyright and acknowledgement to the Outapi war museum

#Langebaanweg 1987. Aermacchi MB-326M #Impala Mk. 1. South Africa obtained a licence to build the MB 326M, and about 125 were locally built from 1966 by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation and named the ‘Impala’.

Here is a line up at 83 Jet Flying school, Langebaan near Cape Town. Photo copyright; Herman Potgieter.

‘John – the conscript’. #Ondangwa airforce base. Northern SWA/Namibia during the Bush War. This iconic photo says everything about a SADF national serviceman conscripted from his comfort zone and placed into a war zone. Copyright Outapi War Museum.

SADF 25 pounder crew in action, 1977. Good detail of their Pattern 70 webbing and Ottom helmets.

#203Bn South West African Territorial Force #SWATF

Maj Leon (Big Foot) Viljoen #202Bn Delta Spanne ( #Rundu) Fot: Anita Potgieter Viljoen

A convoy of #SADF #Ratel armored personnel carriers in 1987,

#Eland armoured cars and #Ratel infantry fighting vehicles pass a destroyed #Angolan #T-54 tank during one of the many cross-border operations into Angola

The #SAAF deployed number 2 Squadron “Flying Cheetahs” to #Korea consisting of an all volunteer group of pilots that had served during WW II. In the course of that conflict over 800 personnel were deployed to Korea. Some had seen combat flying the P 51 Mustang and transitioning to the F 51 made them all feel at home. The SAAF formed part of…Read More