This must be one of the most beautiful and spectacular photos ever taken of a South African Air Force #Buccaneer. The photo was taken on 17 September 1985 while the Buccaneer formation, returning from a sortie during Ops #Weldmesh, was crossing the Okavango river with the setting sun in the background.

This photo was on the cover of Brig-Gen Dick Lord’s book “From Fledgling to Eagle” which covered the SAAF’s border war from 1966 to 1989.

Brig-Gen Lord stated that the Buccaneer was the best aircraft in the SAAF inventory for an African Bush War.

Caption and image courtesy of Johan Conradie, the photo courtesy of Capt Swanepoel