by Henning van Aswegen | Feb 11, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Defence, Historical photos, Military History
Petronel Fourie (Weet-aanlyn) Op 1 Februarie 1920 is die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag (SALM) amptelik gestig. Dit is die tweede oudste lugmag in die wêreld, naas die Royal Air Force en het ‘n roemryke geskiedenis. Die aanloopbaan Die aanloop tot die lugmag se stigting het...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized, Defence, Historical photos, Military History, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Abstrak: Artikel deur Petronel Fourie, gepubliseer in Maroela Media: https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/die-lugmagmuseum-veteraan-vegvlieenier-vertel/. Hierdie artikel word met die vriendelike vergunning van Maroela Media en Petronel Fourie herpubliseer....
by WPS | Apr 10, 2024 | SA Military History, Defence, Military History, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
ABSTRACT: Bring Skillie Home – South African para Andries “Skillie” Human was last seen alive exiting the side-door of a Hercules aircraft at 500ft over the fortified military base Cassinga, 150kms across the border into Angola, on 4 May 1978. It was later...
by WPS | Feb 25, 2024 | Defence, BfSS NIS, Life Story, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak
ABSTRACT: Dr Willem Steenkamp, son of former SAP-SB CO Maj-Gen Frans Steenkamp, and himself a former NIS officer who did his doctoral thesis on the intelligence function, as well as being a novelist, ambassador, attorney, entrepreneur and polyglot with wide...
by David Blyth | Jan 18, 2024 | Defence, Military History, SA Military History
ABSTRACT: Friendly encounters between SA Air Force Shackleton marine patrol aircraft from 35 Squadron with F-14 Tomcats from carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower KEYWORDS: SAAF, 35 Squadron, Shackleton, F-14 Tomcat, USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier, Iran hostage...
by WPS | Jan 7, 2024 | RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV, Defence, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), South African Intelligence History, Staatsveiligheidsraad
ABSTRACT: Introducing Nongqai magazine’s new series of eyewitness recollections and insights titled: “The Men Speak” about the security and intelligence sphere during the last decades of white rule in South Africa. KEYWORDS: South Africa; Apartheid; national security;...
