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Sorry State of South Africa’s Air Force, Only 6 Military Aircraft Operational, 325 Gathering Rust
Briefly ^ | March 24, 2025 | Byron Pillay

Posted on 03/24/2025 5:02:56 PM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 03/24/2025 5:02:57 PM PDT by george76
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Yeah, but the black South Africans have the land that they claim is their’s back so that makes it even right?


2 posted on 03/24/2025 5:09:20 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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Gee, they used to have an A#1 Air Force.

I wonder what happened?...............


3 posted on 03/24/2025 5:13:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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and 325 that are getting rusty

Maybe they should make their planes out of stainless steel instead of cast iron so they won't rust.

4 posted on 03/24/2025 5:15:54 PM PDT by PAR35
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At least the ANC will not be able to hunt down whites who have managed to flee.


5 posted on 03/24/2025 5:18:32 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented blackened salmon salad by baking it in the oven for too long. )
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Empire of Dust
6 posted on 03/24/2025 5:25:18 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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Do they need an air force? It’s not like their neighboring nations are regional superpowers.


7 posted on 03/24/2025 5:26:43 PM PDT by Angelino97
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Freeeeeeeeee Nelson Mandela

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nelson Mandela


8 posted on 03/24/2025 5:27:07 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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Maybe they can give Wakanda basing rights for their air force?


9 posted on 03/24/2025 5:28:18 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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At least the ANC will not be able to hunt down whites who have managed to flee.

Seems like the remaining Whites are safer in the cities. Assuming they have access to private security.

Farmers should all move to America and farm in Iowa.

10 posted on 03/24/2025 5:29:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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This is temporary. If things get worst, all whites will be blamed. They should all get out, even if it means leaving everything behind. They can help each other out in their new countries and build each other up. I think it is mostly recoverable within a decade or so, if they get out now.


11 posted on 03/24/2025 5:32:33 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented blackened salmon salad by baking it in the oven for too long. )
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Almost completely unrelated, but I was once given a tour at Bloemspruit AFB in Bloemfontein, in 1977. We went into a hangar and there was a good-sized hole in the roof. We were told someone had accidentally set off an ejection seat. My memory, possibly defective, no, it’s most certainly defective, but my memory is that the guy was sitting in it when he launched it.


12 posted on 03/24/2025 5:32:53 PM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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Should have let that commie forever in prison.😡


13 posted on 03/24/2025 5:34:50 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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I remember my very liberal mother sobbing tears of joy when they let that terrorist out of prison. I doubt she ever reflected on the death and destruction that man , and his merry band of commies, have wrought on the country.


14 posted on 03/24/2025 5:38:27 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Cape Town seems to be doing better. There’s still time to relocate. Then secede.


15 posted on 03/24/2025 5:42:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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A Freeper told me recently that they have close relatives in SA and it’s not so easy to get out.......no matter what your skin color is.


16 posted on 03/24/2025 6:08:23 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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The world can count itself lucky that the White South African government dismantled their nuclear weapons program before these bozos took over.


17 posted on 03/24/2025 6:19:57 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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Maybe they should make their planes out of stainless steel instead of cast iron so they won't rust.

Well, they are French (Mirages).

18 posted on 03/24/2025 6:25:54 PM PDT by Tallguy
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Wow, Mirage IIIBs, Ds, Rs, and Es- state of the art 1950s technology. Although they were upgraded in the 1980s. So except for the airframes, let’s say 40 year old technology instead of 65 year old technology.

Let’s face it, they are probably a match for anything that Rhodesia or Angola can put in the air. Or maybe not - looks like Angola has Su 30s and Mig 23s. Let’s try Mozambique with the Mig 21 instead.


19 posted on 03/24/2025 6:41:18 PM PDT by PAR35
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Apparently the Cubans were flying the Angolan MiG-21’s when they achieved air superiority over the Angola-Namibia border region. That pretty much forced the withdrawal of South African Army battle groups from that area.


20 posted on 03/24/2025 6:49:04 PM PDT by Tallguy
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