SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY ACTIVITY

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 21, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF A CONTINUED SOUTH AFRICAN PRESENCE
IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA IS EVIDENT AT MUPA, EMBUNDO, NGIVA, AND
CHANGONGO. MIRAGE F.1 REMAIN AT ONDANGWA AIRFIELD. (SWN)
ESTABLISHED AT MUPA COMPLEX
THIS BASE IS IN THE NORTHERNMOST AREA OF
SOUTH AFRICAN-CONTROLLED ANGOLA IN CUNENE PROVINCE. THE
FACILITY CONSISTS OF A CLEARING WITH TWO POL BLADDERS AND A
BIVOUAC WITH AT LEAST SIX SMALL TENTS. THE CLEARING WILL
PROBABLY BE USED AS A HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE. ONE BUFFEL
LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLE (LAV) AND ONE TRUCK ARE IN THE AREA.
(SWN)
AN INCREASE IN MILITARY ACTIVITY AND THE USE OF CAMOUFLAGE IS
OBSERVED AT THE OPERATIONS SUPPORT BASE NEAR EMBUNDO AIRFIELD
TWENTY-FOUR NET-COVERED OBJECTS
HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE COMPOUND AND THE
REVETTED PROBABLE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUNKER HAS BEEN
NET/CANVAS-COVERED. AT LEAST TWO BUFFEL LAV AND NINE TRUCKS
ARE IN THE AREA. THIS SUPPORT BASE IS THE EASTERNMOST
DEPLOYMENT OF SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES PRESENTLY IDENTIFIED IN
CUNENE PROVINCE. (SWN)
A PROBABLE RESUPPLY CONVOY CONSISTING OF FIVE BUFFEL LAV AND
13 TRUCKS APPEARS TO BE FORMING NEXT TO NGIVA AIRFIELD
(NOT ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
TWO 25X1
ALOUETTE LIGHT HELICOPTERS, REMAIN AT THE 25X1
LANDING ZONE. THE TWO PUMA MEDIUM HELICOPTERS PRESENT AT THAT
TIME HAVE DEPARTED. (SWN)
(NOT ON GRAPHIC). TWO MIRAGE F.1 AND TWO
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OTHER AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE OBSERVED IN THE
CLOUD-FREE AREAS INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE KUDU LIAISON/OBSERVATION
AIRCRAFT AND TWO LIGHT TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT. (SWN)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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