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21 Mar 1987 Mupa

by XO BBHQ | Oct 19, 2024

Charlie Company 32 Battalion is sent to confirm the presence of SWAPO at Mupa. A fierce fire fight ensues but contact is broken because of SWATF orders not to engage FAPLA

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  • 78b56341c3fbafd06345b940e90969b5 Hannes Nortmann
  • 32 Battalion member Thunis Ferreira during Operation Forte Angola 1985 Thinus Ferreira
  • Eduardo Gonzalez about to depart on a MiG-23 combat sortie in Angola in 1986. Cuban war correspondent Milton Diaz captured the intensity of the upcoming mission in Eduardo’s expression Eduardo Gonzalez
  • Clipboard01 12 Peter M. Lipman
  • Derek Andrews whilst serving with the Selous Scouts, aboard a French manufactured Aérospatiale Alouette helicopter returning from a successful operation in the Hot Springs region of south-east Rhodesia. Derek William Andrews

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