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RE: The South African Border War - Zambia's turn
Interesting post @gavvet , I've never seen one of these inflight but has been involved in various test at the OTB test range in Bredasdorp where SAAB Gripens (our new fighter jets) and Cheethas were used.
Who knows when South Africa started using the Impala's, Hawks and Cheetahs? Which aircraft did they use to accompany these bombers?
PS The strategist would tell you, whoever controls the air space controls the war. ;)
Mirage were used as fighter support when necessary, they had superiority over the MIG 21's but later the MIG 23's had superiority over the Mirage, hence the need to develop the Cheetah. The war ended before the Cheetah could ever be combat tested against the MIG 23's
Aaa, yes, I completely forgot about the Mirage IIIs! Thanks for the interesting posts, makes me miss my awesome military friends from the domain I worked in.