#31Bn of the (SADF) South Defense Forces, during the South African Border War of August 26th, 1966 – January 15th, 1990, and Angolan War.

Three members of the SADF’s #61Mech Battalion Group take a rest during the fighting on the #Lomba river in Angola in 1987.

These young SADF national servicemen – most of them having just written a High School matric a year before – have just shattered the Angolan/Cuban coalition’s mechanised offensive, turning the tide at the height of this…Read More

Operation #Modular 8 October 1987. This is a second image of the destroyed SADF #61Mech Battalion Group #Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).

The South African armored column had penetrated deep into Angola and had just formed a laager to take bearings on their position and objectives. Two Angolan Mig 23 fighter jets had spotted the…Read More

SADF #Recce‘s: Neves Matias and José Da Costa from 5RR,1980’s

Victorino and Koos Stadler from 5 #Recce Regiment

#Recce ‘s: Cmdt. Duncan Rykaart and his team from 5RR, 1980s

South African Special Forces operators: Andre Diedericks, Neves Matias, Menno Uys and José Da Costa | during the Border War in Angola #Recce

Andre Diedericks, Koos Stadler and José Da Costa from 5 #Recce special forces regiment (SADF)

#Langebaanweg 1987. Aermacchi MB-326M #Impala Mk. 1. South Africa obtained a licence to build the MB 326M, and about 125 were locally built from 1966 by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation and named the ‘Impala’.

Here is a line up at 83 Jet Flying school, Langebaan near Cape Town. Photo copyright; Herman Potgieter.