Operation Klinker
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| Operation Klinker | |
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| Part of the South African Border War | |
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| Objective | Air attack by the SAAF against a PLAN training base outside Lubango in Angola. |
| Date | 29 December 1983 |
| Outcome | South African victory
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Operation Klinker was a military operation in Angola during December 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.
Background
The object of this operation was an attack on a People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) training base in Angola, intimidating them into a belief that the SADF could strike them anywhere and that it too could be a target of Operation Askari.[1]Template:Rp The Tobias Hainyeko Training Centre was located close to the city of Lubango and was used to train PLAN recruits in various military fields.[2]Template:Rp A special forces team had been deployed in the Lubango area between November and December 1983 to conduct reconnaissance.[2]Template:Rp The raid took place on the morning of 29 December 1983, by four Buccaneer strike aircraft of 24 Squadron.[2]Template:Rp Thirty two bombs were dropped by the SAAF aircraft, some exploded immediately while the rest were on delayed charges making the base temporally unusable.[2]Template:Rp
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa's border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Operation Askari". Scientia Militaria. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scheepers, Marius (2012). Striking inside Angola with 32 Battalion. Johannesburg: 30 ̊South. ISBN 978-1907677779.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa's border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Operation Askari". Scientia Militaria. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin Louw; Stefaan Bouwer (1989). The South African Air Force at War. Melville: Chris van Rensburg. ISBN 0868460842.
