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South African #Recce troops on the Quito river at a place called Mapupa, trying to recover an Angolan PT-76 during Operation Protea in 1981. They eventually destroyed it
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Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)
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Gunner in South African #Alouette relies on sign language to communicate with another heli in the flight
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maddogmcewan posted in the group Angolan / South African Border War
South African Olifant tanks are pictured moving up to the frontline prior to a major battle near Angola’s Cuito River in the late 1980s
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maddogmcewan posted in the group Angolan / South African Border War
Soviet or Cuban Pilot photographed alongside an Angolan Air Force #MiG-21bis fighter jet, mid-1980s.
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Impala MkII No 1082 outside the shade nets at AFB Ondangwa during the war
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Subtitle: The Story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force
Summary: The original Vlamgat book has all but been sold out and the publisher no longer longer exists. As there was still a strong demand for the book, the author got together with Combat360 Productions and decided to release an update as an electronic ebook.
- The Vlamgat 2005 e-book (Actually the book in .pdf Acrobat Reader format)
- Additional colour photographs
- Audio introduction by the author (The author reading the written introduction)
- Additional previously unreleased material by the author
- History of the Mirage F1 in the SAAF
- Over 90 extra pages written by General Rafael de Pino, commander of the Cuban Air Force in Angola during the conflict about the (early) days in Angola.
- Cuban pilot lists
