Pete Stassen with Frans’s beloved Ford F250 that Frans called Percy. A hoofman gave the bakkie to Frans after SWAPO PLAN attacked the hoofmans kraal, Frans and his team ZF went and smacked SWAPO around for attacking the kraal. Frans got a SAP number for the bakkie from the office for fuel and spare parts seeing he was using it for work but the…Read More

The First Citizens Force Operational Parachute Jump in the South African Defence Force on the Night of 14 December 1975 by Operators of 2 Reconnaissance Commando South African Special Forces.

The First 2 Reconnaissance Commando Selection Course VK 21/RC21 1974

This photograph is of basic static line course #76 in about 1977. This was one of the first Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) parachute courses to be run and included the C.O and 3 Officers.

Lynx escorting a Dak en route to a para drop

Koevoet teams

Hunter FGA9 showing livery used latter half of the 1970’s

An even better photo of the Dakota showing the anti Strela mod fitted to the engine exhaust.