From the 1981 SAAF Staff Requirement to replace the ageing Mirage III and F1 fleets
stretching over a period of many years
A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970s on
Nature Conservation in the SACS
Eagle Strike, Jan Breytenbach Engineering & Transportation From the 1981 SAAF StaffThis is the story of an audacious, airborne assault, on 4 May 1978, on a SWAPO fortified base containing its military headquarters, logistical support, reserves and training facilities. The assault was supported by a very strong air strike by bombers and fighters as well as by air transport to drop the paratroopers into battle in one of the major, post World War para drops, 250kms deep behind enemy lines, and thus, of a necessity, the deployment of a