There is enemy activity in Northern Kavango and South Eastern Angola. Here we see a 32 Battalion reaction force taking off from Air Force Base #Rundu in South West Africa/Namibia to seek out the enemy and destroy the threat – 1983. #32Bn #Puma

South West African/Namibian Border War, this destroyed homestead reminds us again of the sheer sacrifice asked of young men in a war and the devastating loss of it all. Liberty as they say is not “cheap”.

03 Jul 1987: Two members from the South African Defence Force 1 Special Service Battalion, attached to the 10th Armoured Car Regiment were…Read More

This SADF “MASH” unit was a familier memory to many of the veterans of the South West Afrrica/Namibia and Angola border Bush War.

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Air Force Base #Ondangwa. Many, many SADF personnel owe their lives to the surgeons and medical staff that served in this Hospital and to the SAAF Chopper Crews that casevaced…Read More

Bush War – South West Africa/Namibia operational area on the Angolan border – here a South African Air Force 2 Squadron Mirage IIICZ is seen landing at Air Force Base (AFB) #Ondangwa after returning from a bombing mission in Southern Angola.

Image and caption courtesy and thanks to Graham Du Toit #2Sq #MirageIII

A sight of a shot out SADF #Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle none of us likes to see. This weekend we pause to remember the four members from B Company, 1 SAI including two Cousins acting as the MAG Gunner team, who were Killed in Action in South Eastern Angola on 14 Feb 1988 during a contact with elements of the 59th FAPLA Brigade (Angola’s armed…Read More

“As another beautiful comes to an end at AFB #Ondangwa and the night vigil begins, we see the #Puma helicopter as it stands ready for Fire-Force duties at first light, the Air Traffic Controller in the Control Tower in the background prepares for the graveyard shift 23h00 to 05h00 and there is a hive of activity at the light aircraft flight line…Read More

A little bit of “cheeky” military humour for the weekend – please excuse the brashness but we are after all a bunch of military veterans.

Here a South African Air Force #Alouette III helicopter’s Flight Engineer/Gunner gives a typical response to fellow crew members flying alongside.

Not found in the Public Relations photographs in the SADF but…Read More

1980, Operation #Sceptic. Captain Tinus van Rensburg lying on a stretcher after being brought back to South West Africa/Namibia.

His Alouette III Helicopter, Serial No. 24 was shot down by an RPG-7 anti-tank rocket during the later stages of Operation Sceptic. His Flight Engineer Koos Cilliers was Killed. Tinus successfully evaded capture until…Read More

Just because it’s just such an iconic photograph – taken by the late and much loved Herman “the German” Potgieter and it adorned the room of many a small boy as a poster in the 80’s.

SAAF Mirage IIIEZ 831 firing a ripple of 68mm SNEB High Explosive Unguided Rockets.

Taken in 1978 at Roodewal. Derek Kirkland flying the Mirage and Herman Potgieter…Read More