SOUTH AFRICAN INCURSION ACTIVITY ANGOLA NAMIBIA BORDER AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 12, 1983
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SOUTH AFRICAN INCURSION ACTIVITY"
ANGOLA NAMIBIA BORDER AREA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN COMBAT OPERATIONS
ARE OBSERVED AT ONDANGWA, CHANGONGO, AND OHAINGU. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AT ONDANGWA AIRFIELD 10 MIRAGE F.1 25X1
MULTIROLE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND ONE DC-4/6 COMBAT SUPPORT
AIRCRAFT HAVE DEPLOYED HERE THE F.1 ARE 25X1
IN NET-COVERED REVETMENTS NEAR THE WEST END OF THE AIRFIELD.
THESE REVETMENTS ARE NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY IMPALA LIGHT-STRIKE
AIRCRAFT. F.1 WERE LAST SEEN HERE WHEN AT 25X1
LEAST SIX POSSIBLE F.1 WERE OBSERVED IN THE NET-COVERED
REVETMENTS. OTHER AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE INCLUDES TWO IMPALA,
THREE C-47 LIGHT TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, TWO KUDU
LIAISON/OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT, ONE LIGHT TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT,
ONE SMALL STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT, FOUR PUMA MEDIUM HELICOPTERS,
AND TWO ALOUETTE LIGHT HELICOPTERS. FIVE IMPALA, TWO L-100
MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TWO PUMA, AND TWO ALOUETTE III HAVE
DEPARTED (SWN) 25X1
ONDANGWA AIRFIELD, 36 NM SOUTH OF THE ANGOLA/NAMIBIA BORDER, IS
A FORWARD DISPERSAL/COMBAT SUPPORT AIRFIELD FOR SOUTH AFRICAN
FORCES. (SWN)
A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN GROUND FORCE EQUIPMENT IN THE
ONDANGWA AREA HAS ALSO OCCURRED SIXTEEN
ELAND SCOUT CARS, FIVE BUFFEL LIGHT ARMOR VEHICLES, AND
20 TRUCKS ALONG THE MAIN ROAD HAVE DEPARTED. ELEVEN PRIME
MOVERS, EIGHT ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, 16 BUFFEL, AND 12 TRUCKS NEAR
THE AIRFIELD SUPPORT AREA HAVE ALSO DEPARTED. (SWN)
AT CHANGONGO MILITARY AREA I I MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A 25X1
SOUTH AFRICAN MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION (MECH BN) HAVE
DEPARTED THE AREA 35 RATEL 25X1
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, SIX POSSIBLE SCOUT CARS, SIX BUFFEL
LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (LAV), AND 56 TRUCKS WERE PRESENT. AT
LEAST FOUR TRUCKS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THIS MECH INF BN IS
PROBABLY THE UNIT*WHICH WAS ABSENT FROM OPERET MILITARY CAMP
AND BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 25X1
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THE' RIVER-' NEAR . THE RECENTLY- REPAIRED CUNENE---
HAS BEEN DOUBLED IN SIZE.. FOUR I '25X1
FERRY. LANDING AREA. (SWN)
THE CAMOUFLAGE-PAINTED KUDU OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT HAS DEPARTED'
CHANGONGO AIRFIELD (.SWN) 25X1
CHANGONGO IS 40 NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER ON THE
MAIN NGIVA-CAHAMA HIGHWAY. OPERET IS APPROXIMATELY 165 NM
SOUTHEAST OF CHANGONGO. (SWN)
AT OHAINGU MILITARY CAMP AND BATTALION HEADQUARTERS SOUTHEAST
FOUR PROBABLE BUFFEL LAV AND 24 TRUCKS ARE
IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE INSTALLATION SINCE
A TOTAL OF 45 SQUAD TENTS ARE PRESENT. (SWN)
OHAINGU MILITARY CAMP IS APPROXIMATELY 5 NM SOUTH OF THE
ANGOLIA-NAMIBIA BORDER AND APPROXIMATELY 30 NM.NORTH OF
OHAINGU. (SWN)
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