frumentius:


1) Correct on the 1st photo; deliberately included to further persuade @Henry240 as to the utility of RDRVs: when your president has to fly to a hot, kinetic and dicey situation in a dodgy capital with 48-hours notice, your SF has to deploy appropriately within that time-frame and with available airlift in mind. How you deploy requisite number of LAVs (Henry's preferred vehicle for SF) with Herc C-130s (still the standard airlift A/C for most militaries on our continent) at such short notice still eludes me.

We got 10 Hornets & trailers from 5Recce in various configurations (C4ISR, personnel carrier, MRL/mortar/AGL/20mm&12.7mm MG) in 48 hours into Burundi (talk about rapid deploment!) with almost 50 operators and ended up protecting and escorting from the airport to Bujumbura State House not only our president, but also those from Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Ethiopia under the auspices of the AU.

Same thing SASFB did in Monrovia, Liberia back in 2003 when those 2 giants of African diplomacy, Mbeki and Obasanjo, forced Charles Taylor to resign and go into exile;

2) Last I was at Denel, there were 2 Cheetahs there;

3) Your answer is not complete - its more than your "run-of-the-mill" CSIR pod. What is it and why is it so important?

Odunayaw:
baba no shaking!

ViceAdmiral:


I bet 10 internets that you'll get reprimanded for posting deployment figures of the SASF

gees9:


Sounds like quite the logistical feat! All flossies or some private Ilyushins? Are these other nations comfortable outsourcing their security to SASF in that manner? Have PPU stopped their continental hubris of recent years? Was an incident in Ivory Coast where they transported pretty much the entire local convoy and had an overt dress code: police BDUs, R5s, UMPs etc. Was really embarrassing to watch and I know the SASFB are a different breed, but incidents like that dent our image continentally. Awesome photos btw. On the CSIR pod I don't know anything further, just saw it on a regular local defence commentator's feed. You're gonna have to help us out!

africaken254:
IGAD summit is still underway.hope for the best

MikeCZA:
Known information.

Wonder why the standards of this unit(Scouts) were taken out of service with the big five.

MikeCZA:
I like the new camouflage of the counter assault unit.

andrewza:
2 Inundu pods on a cheetah. Makes me wonder if they where doing high speeds trials.

Seened:

Read sometime ago about an A.I. flown F-22 beating a human F-22 pilot in virtual simulated combat. The times we are in.

ViceAdmiral:

ouk

MikeCZA:
High speed trials?

Accessibility and costs over privatly owned jets I guess.

ViceAdmiral:


Wait so SAPS has a counter assault unit,a TRT and the Special Task Force right? whats the difference between TRT, task force and counter assault unit in their employment?

ViceAdmiral:


Wait so SAPS has a counter assault unit,a TRT and the Special Task Force right? whats the difference between TRT, task force and counter assault unit in their employment?

MikeCZA:
I like the new camouflage of the counter assault unit.

andrewza:


Counter assault team is part of the VIP protections team. They there to act if the VIP is attacked.

We have TRT (police cluster level emergancy). NIU (national), Task force (things really bad) and HAWKS have there own tactical team to.

frumentius:
Air Capability Demo at the Roodewal weapons range tonight, and I'm not going !

P.S. 10 internets to whoever can tell me about the 2nd photo!

gottfried21:
Sorry for the derailment
But this is interesting...

MikeCZA:
Carrying weapons is now a thing with SAAF pilots.

Rooivalk pilots carry daggers/commando knifes too.

In 1976 an SA magazine carried an article about the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF). It said that the RhAF Hunter pilots were "so good that they could hit a dustbin in a jungle clearing". Shortly afterwards a very tatty rusty dustbin arrived at 1 Sq RhAF, a mickey-taking gift from 4 Sq RhAF. The implied challenge was taken up and the bin was placed on the Kutanga gunnery range. Squadron Leader Rich Brand made one pass firing a quarter-second burst of 30mm cannon. The holed bin was galvanised and sent to RhAF HQ as proof. A picture of the bin found its way to the Royal Australian Air Force, Rhodesian Association. They returned a half size replica of the original bin, with the request that the then Prime Minister Ian Smith make a presentation.
The first recipient of the 'Jungle Dustbin' trophy "for a particular achievement either in practice or actual operations" was Flight Lieutenant Vic Wightman who became OC of 1 Sq RhAF.

ISIL claims responsibility for Sunday's terror attack in Kenya

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqQOFtnlJoQ

rawswag:
1. Nigerian soldier teaching a civilian (wife maybe ) how to shoot during d civil war
2.police abt to parade in d north in 1948.
3.inspecting Nigerian women police in d north b4 patrol

ViceAdmiral:


I bet 10 internets that you'll get reprimanded for posting deployment figures of the SASF

frumentius:


With good reason, for E&E. Prior to FIB deployment, we studied Ugandan, Zimbo, Namib, Angolan, Rwandese, Burundian, Sudanese and Chadian (don't ask me how we got them ) reports on their adventures in the DRC. A stand out for me was Lt. Enslin's E&E efforts when his Hawk was short down, and earned the Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe Medal for his tribulations. 21 at the time, and the 3rd Zim pilot to be shot down, the Rwandese shot him down at 1000 feet in his Hawk and he E&E'd for 5 days, because he didn't have the proper equipment. Through the jungle he maneuvered, and we in SA learned some lessons. Our Rooivalk pilots are accordingly equipped for lessons learned in earlier in Angola, Zim, insurgencies in the SADC region and the jungle warfare in the DRC.

Enslin now works as a senior officer instructing the Saudi Air Force.
For the Zim cousins: @ngaduh et al: does the famed Zim Air Force Jungle Dustbin Trophy continue? Last I heard, then Lt. Midnight, now OC commanding our 2nd Squadron won it when last we went up to your neck of the woods.


P.S. For those who don't know what the "Dustbin Trophy" is:

jakeporeshenko:

Just look at these rugged pipe hitters !

jakeporeshenko:
pictures taken today
Nigerian Air Force personnel in Czech Republic..
Additional Mi-17s loading.