SAAF's Border War - The South African Air Force in Combat 1966-1989 (Special Order ALLOW 5-7 Days)

South African Mirages and Cuban MiG-21s dogfighting over Cuito Cuanavale, the largest tank battle on African soil since El Alamein; Puma troopships shot out of the skies by Strela missiles and RPG-7 rockets; Alouette III gunships hovering menacingly above Koevoet tracker-combat teams as they close in for the kill; Hercules and Transall transports disgorging their loads of Parabats over Cassinga; suicidal helicopter hot-extractions of Recce operators deep in enemy territory; and a lone Alouette pilot who disobeyed orders and under intense ground fire evacuated a critically wounded soldier such is the story of the South African Air Force, the SAAF, over the 23-year period 19661989, the period of conflict that became known as the Border War.

Softcover. English. 30 Degrees South. 2012. ISBN: 9781920143718. 72 pp. NEW. Book No: 2507427