At 3:00, 4 November, 61 Mechanised set off for Chitequeta as part of Operation Daisy, with the attack to begin at 08h30. By 4:00 the Special Forces reconnaissance team were in contact with headquarters and believed the base was empty. 3 Parachute Battalion was flown...
Post Timelines
3 Nov 1987 Mianei River
Combat Group Charlie, part of Operation Moduler, moved off at 19h00, accompanied by the troop of pre-production G-6s. The main body of Combat Group Bravo - B, D and G Companies of 32 Battalion, 902 Company of 101 Battalion and an anti-tank platoon - was deployed south...
2 Nov 1975 Catengue
Task Force Zulu encountered strong opposition upon their arrival at Catengue. After repeated attacks and only after deploying two Vickers machineguns to support the attack on the left flank, the FAPLA opposition crumbled by around 18h00, fleeing from the town
16 Dec 1983
SADF SF (Recce) supported by 61 Mechanised Battalion launch Operation Fox as a subelement to Operation Askari to eliminate SA-8 batteries located 2 km south west of Cahama along the road to Endiva
20 Dec 1987 Tempue
A FAPA Hind MI-8T helicopter is shot down at Tempue in Angola leaving one dead. The aircraft is piloted by W/O Alejandro Diaz from Cuba
13 Feb 1988 Menongue
The new assault force (see 2/2/88) attacks the main FAPLA logistical base at Menongue. This is followed at 22:30 by a separate MRL ripple fired at the air base at Menongue, followed at 01:30 by a second ripple using coordinates provided by a reconnaissance team in...
23 Mar 1988 Vimposto-Chambinga
An infantry assault during Operation Hooper sees the 32 Battalion rifle companies debus at Vimposto, advancing on foot towards the floodplain riparian to the Chambinga River some 45-km from the FAPLA front line. The infantry cross the floodplain in single file, knee...
22 Mar 1988 Chambinga
SADF electronic warfare operations intercepted FAPLA communications on 22 March which indicated that FAPLA wanted to retake the Chambinga heights
8 Mar 1988 Tumpo
FAPLA deploys a new battalion north of Tumpo
5 Mar 1988 Baixa Longa
The 32 Battalion force, busy withdrawing from Gimbe to Buffalo Base, attack the FAPLA forces based at Baixa Longa with a full MRL ripple of 96 rockets. This is one of the last major operational actions of Operation Hooper
22 Jan 1989 Omahanga
SWAPO PLAN attacks the SADF military base at Omahanga
24 Nov 1989
The last SADF troops leave Namibia
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,...
31 Mar 1989
SWAPO PLAN surges across the Angolan/Namibian border in an effort to gain a military foothold inside the country in order to engage the forthcoming elections from a position of strength. At this stage SWAPO is uncertain it will win a majority in a free and fair...
6 Oct 1988 Omafu
SWAPO PLAN attacks the SADF military base at Omafu for the second time
26 Jul 1988 Onavivi
SWAPO PLAN attacks the SADF military base at Onavivi for the fourth time