The crew of Douglas Boston Mark III, W8376 ‘C’, of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force, walking away from their aircraft on an airfield in #Libya after a sortie #WW2

#Buccaneer 412

25 May 1965 history was made when Cmdt Bob Rogers and Maj John Murphy lifted off at Holme-On-Spalding-Moor with Buccaneer S MK50 tail number 413 at 16h50 for the flight of the first SAAF #Buccaneer to be delivered at the re-formed 24 Sqn at RNAS Lossiemouth.

The flight time was 50 minutes and they landed at Lossiemouth at 17h40 to the delight…Read More

#Buccaneer 411 famous for her two Pitot Tubes, doing a RATO.

#Buccaneer 412 was the 1st aircraft to land at Waterkloof on the delivery flight from the UK, on 3 November 1965. The aircraft was piloted by the 1st 24 Squadron OC Cmdt R.H. Rogers and his navigator Major Murphy. The flying time from Lossiemouth to Waterkloof was 18 hours and 20 Minutes, including 2 hours and 10 minutes flown on the aborted…Read More

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Ovambo Mamba

#SAAF #Puma‘s

#SAAF Mirage IIICZ #MirageIIICZ

Operation #Savannah: 22-vehicle #Eland-90 armoured car squadron began a 2,400 km 6 day trek from Bloemfontein to #Ondangwa in SW Africa where they would airlifted into the fight in #Angola 9 October 1975

Typical image of #Cuban convoy in #Angola. Note the #BRDM-52 armored vehicle in the foreground and the surveillance soldiers deployed on both sides of the road, evidently doing their job poorly. In the 80s, Cuban troops only controlled the large cities and had to move during the day in heavily protected caravans to resolve supplies, tactical…Read More

#R-105 radio, used by #Cuban troops in #Angola in the 70s. There are several versions (designations) for use in the different branches of an army and later modernizations (models R-105M, R-105D, etc.). In general, the equipment weighed more than 14 kilos and had an antenna one and a half meters high, with 1 watt of power. The young Cuban…Read More