SAAF Dassault Mirage F1

Both the F1CZ and F1AZ variants of the SAAF saw action during operations in the Border War.

F1CZs of 3 Squadron downed two Angolan MiG-21s in 1981 and 1982. On 6th November 1981, during Operation Daisy, two F1CZs were vectored by GCI to intercept two MiG-21s heading south. Major Johan Rankin shot down the wingman using cannons. On 5th October 1982, while escorting a Canberra of 12 Squadron on a photo-reconnaissance sortie, Major Rankin and his wingman engaged two MiG-21s on an intercept course. He fired two Magic AAMs at one of the MiGs, damaging the aircraft with the second missile. The MiG was able to recover back to base but sustained additional damage in a belly landing. Rankin then attacked the second MiG and destroyed it with cannon fire.[6]

Two F1AZs of 1 Squadron were lost over Angola. On 20th February 1988, while flying an interdiction sortie against a road convoy during Operation Hooper, Major Ed Every was shot down by a SA-13 Gopher SAM. Almost a month later, on 19th February, Captain Willie van Coppenhagen flew into the ground when returning from a diversionary strike at night. The Board of Inquiry was unable to determine the causes of the crash.

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[zsifk]

SAAF Rules.

Ask the loving Russians and Cubans that went up against us in Angola because they soooo loved Africans.

[LDuigan]

Actually, the SAAF equipment could never match that which the russians supplied to the Angolan forces. We just had better pilots ....

[45ett]

@rodolfitocarlos4200 u had more of everything but you were still too dumb to take out a hand full of the best in the world. SADF and sons. lol.

[45ett]

@sailorkostas Absolutely. we kicked ass. been there done that. we were out numbered but kicked their communist asses.

[rodolfitocarlos420]

@bcfsl and if iffff you dont have to but iff you want more i could also send you the information of cuban boxing and cuban judo just ask for it = )

[rodolfitocarlos420]

@bcfsl Pan American baseball: GOLD 12 times SILVER 1 time, INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL CUP: GOLD: 10 times SILVER: 3 times, WORLD CUP: GOLD 25 times SILVER 3 times, BRONZE 2 times, OLYMPIC BASEBALL: GOLD 3 times SILVER 2 times. I DONT THINK YOU SHOULD TRY CUBA IN SPORTS TOPICS HAHA.

[rodolfitocarlos420]

@sailorkostas O yea I will Shut up go away and accept that we lost yea ok, I dont wana make a whole argument on cuito cuz ANGOLA was not about Cuito. So yea... @bcfsl and to you, I dont know nothing about your history or about the history of your country, first i thought you were talking about Global SUPPORT and I was about to own you the topic, but since you said sport im going to replay to ir anyhow, you could have won in a global sport 2 times while cuba in the other hand has:

[MilitaryAircraft101]

@bcfsl Twice :)

[bcfsl]

Ja, and the commie revolution failed in SA, today we are a free market capitlaist country, and unlike you Cubans, Angolans and Russians, we've been world cup champions in a global sport.

[sailorkostas]

@rodolfitocarlos4200 the victory at quito quanavalle belongs to white south africa, end of story. cuba have the tactical defeat.

[zerocker45]

@LDuigan You downed the Angolan MiG-21 flown by Angolan Pilots, but when the CUban pilots got you with their MiG-23ML you lost a shit load of Mirages... The FAPLA lost more more MiGs beacuse of ground fire.... Remember they had planes on the air all time... Mirages were downed by MiG-23s and NO MiG-23 was lost in hands of a Mirage so don't say you had better pilots, cause you didn't. /watch?v=s8sn20DeLXg