In the early 1980s the South African Reconnaissance Commandos (now the South African Special Forces Brigade) identified the need for a special medical unit to support Special Forces on operations and the Detachment Medical Special Operations was formed. Under command...
1 Squadron SAAF was an air force squadron of the South African Air Force and was formed at Air Force Station Swartkop in February 1920, equipped with De Havilland DH.9’s part of the Imperial Gift donation to South Africa by Britain. On 31 August 1939 the squadron was...
28 Squadron (28 Sqn) was formed on 1 Jun 1943 as the first air transport squadron of the SAAF, equipped with Anson, Dakota and Wellington aircraft. During World War 2 the squadron supported the allied forces in North Africa, the islands of the Western...
12 Squadron (12 Son) / 12 Eskader (12 Esk) was formed in December 1939. On 16 June 1940 it flew the first SAAF bombing raid against Italian forces in Abysinna. After the war, the squadron flew its aircraft back to Egypt, where, in November 1945, it was disbanded. It...
2 SAI was established on 1 January 1962, at Walvis Bay an enclave of South Africa surrounded by South-West Africa (Namibia). The first officer to command the battalion was Major G.N. Mcloughlin and the first RSM was WO1 J.A.J. Steenkamp
2 Special Service Battalion was founded on 1 May 1946 at Potchefstroom. The S.S.B. was a military unit formed to take in young men who were unable to find employment. Before World War II, the Special Service Battalion was reorganized into two battalions – 1st and 2nd...
British soldier and mercenary that fought in the Congo as a Mercenary, was shot in the head and was treated by a witch doctor and obviously survived, then joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry in the Rhodesian Bush war. There after he joined the South African Army and...
Staff Sergeant "Blue" Kelly was an Australian ex-Vietnam War veteran who served as a legendary, tough-as-nails instructor and operations sergeant with the South African Defence Force's (SADF) elite 32 Battalion (South Africa). He was known for establishing temporary...