159th Guards Aviation Regiment

159th Public Forum => Military Videos => : 159th_pappavis May 01, 2018, 05:36:50 PM

: South African Airforce | Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag - Blackburn Buccaneers S2B
: 159th_pappavis May 01, 2018, 05:36:50 PM
For the Buccaneer fans. Looong time ago.
I sadly never saw them fly.

Here in 1990, at Vliegbasis Rooikop, Namibia.
(https://i.imgur.com/Rsn435d.jpg)

Mounting AS-30L missile, circa <>1986.
(https://i.imgur.com/5ZE7PaQ.jpg)

Midair refeullng a Cheetah, Jul-1991.
(https://i.imgur.com/z2SaNHn.jpg)

Mirage F1-CZs of Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag escorting the bucs, on their last retirement flight in 1992.
(https://i.imgur.com/qvd0WVd.jpg)

midair Refuelling Bucs from 707-tanker, 1989.
(https://i.imgur.com/fOSd6Dh.jpg)

Anti-ship mission with frigate SAS President Pretorius, 7-may-1980.
(https://i.imgur.com/oqmEFui.jpg)

Operational history
(https://i.imgur.com/f9orqPU.jpg)

Newspaper article, Nov-2015, 24 Eskader reunion.
FYI. Its written in Afrikaans.
(https://i.imgur.com/w7L4nAT.jpg)

The current state of affairs. Okt-2017
(https://i.imgur.com/bCiNXbJ.jpg)