8 Apr 1989 Ehomba

SADF SF (14-Para Group; 44-Para) launch Operation Merlyn, an air-deployed COIN operation in Kaokoland in northern SWA targeting PLAN insurgency This is a rapid projection of a balanced force by air from Murray Hill in Pretoria to the Operational Area at Ehomba, Kaokoland, yielding 20 PLAN KIA and 20 PLAN POWs