Vlamgat – the term the South African Air Force personnel affectionally called their Mirage fighter jets. Vlamgat means ‘flaming arse’ in direct translation – and for good reason.
Here two Mirage III D2Zs, numbers 843 and 849 at the weapons camp in Langebaan in 1985 – one of which is having a ‘wet start’ – where excess fuel in the combustion chamber and tail pipe is burnt off in a phenomenon called ‘torching’ .. a flaming arse indeed.
Photo copyright, thanks and courtesy to Allan Southern
I am looking for photographs of the First States presidents Guard from 1967-1968, please can you assist.
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Hi Michael, I would suggest one of the large ‘Border War’ Facebook groups, good place to start as they’ve heaps of photos and also old members of the SP Guard.
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