TOM EATON | On a wing and prayer: grounded SA fighter jets mirror a flawed system
The SANDF is its own worst enemy — its propensity to shoot itself in the foot time and time again is exasperating
09 December 2021 - 20:26
I’ve been a harsh critic of the ANC over the years, but even I have to give credit where it’s due and admit that the government has managed to do what Hitler’s Luftwaffe, North Korea, the Soviet Union, China and Cuba couldn’t: put every single fighter pilot in SA out of action...
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