Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) in Angola, 1985.

Soviet advisors with their Angolan (FAPLA) compatriots in the 1980’s

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

Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)

Gunner in South African #Alouette relies on sign language to communicate with another heli in the flight

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

Angolan #Su-22

Soviet or Cuban Pilot photographed alongside an Angolan Air Force #MiG-21bis fighter jet, mid-1980s.

Cubans in Angola

Impala MkII No 1082 outside the shade nets at AFB Ondangwa during the war

Impala MkII firing a salvo of rockets