2 Squadron Mirage IIICZ in low vis

SAAF Mirage III RZ’s of 2 Sqdn

2 Mirage III RZ’s of the SAAF

A beauts photograph of SAAF Canberra B(i) Mk 12, tailnumber 452, operated by 12 Squadron, flying low over the African bushveld.

This specific aircraft was lost in Angola in 1979, when the pilot was hit by small arms fire as the aircraft was pulling off the target, during a combat mission. Both crew members perished.

This was the only…Read More

12 Squadron Canberras

12 Squadron Canberra Bombers flying in formation

Soviet manufactured 130mm M-46 Artillery Towed Guns captured by the SADF during Ops Hooper in 1988.

South African Air Force 2 Squadron Mirage IIICZ is seen landing at Air Force Base (AFB) Ondangwa after returning from a bombing mission in Southern Angola.

Cessna 185D Serial No. 745 (c/no 0964), ex N1585F and later ZS-EGH, was delivered to the South African Air Force on 08 December 1965.

On 19 February 1988, 65km North East of Opuwa in the Kaokaveld, all was not going well for the Pilot Lieutenant N.J. Ras from 84 Light Aircraft Flying School when the aircraft engine failed and he was left with…Read More

Border War. Iconic photograph taken by the late great Herman Potgieter of a South African Air Force C-47 Dakota from 44 Squadron, taking off opposite a defence bunker near the runway threshold at Eenhana, South West Africa/Namibia.

South African patrol travelling in an ‘Buffel’ anti-mine armoured troop carrier near the Angolan South West Africa/Namibia border.