The Aérospatiale Alouette III was a pivotal and versatile light utility helicopter in the Rhodesian, South African, and Portuguese Air Forces during the various Southern African conflicts, particularly the Portuguese Colonial War and the Border War (or Bush War). It...
1 Squadron RRAF was a unit of the Southern Rhodesia Air Force (SRAF), formed in 1939 and later absorbed into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1940, becoming 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF. In the post-WWII period, a new 1 Squadron RRAF was formed within the Rhodesian Air...
He commissioned as a helicopter pilot in the Rhodesian Air Force, seeing active service throughout the Rhodesian Bush War. He was shot down twice by enemy fire, most notably during Operation Uric while he had flown to medevac a wounded Rhodesian SAS soldier. Dick knew...
Rhodesian Air Force No. 7 Squadron was a troop transport and battlefield support unit formed in February 1962 at New Sarum Air Force Base, equipped with Alouette III aircraft, were troop transport, casevac and battlefield support including Fireforce. Motto: "Fight...
Rhodesian Air Force No. 8 Squadron was a troop transport and battlefield support unit formed in September 1978 at New Sarum Air Force Base, operating Augusta Bell 205 helicopters and known by the motto "By Night And By Day". The squadron was dissolved after the...
Tony Stephen ex OC Sp Gp RLI and founder member Grey Scouts
OP URIC is the controversial operation of The Rhodesian War. Though it resulted in over 300 enemy dead for the loss of 15 of their own (the highest of the war) the Rhodesians, with their very high operational standards, did not regard it as a success. There was...
Rhodesian military operation in Zambia with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned raids against a ZIPRA camp in Northern Zambia. The operation consisted of two raids on a ZIPRA...