Operation Dolfyn ( en, Operation Dolphin) was a military operation in Angola from May 1983 by the

South African Defence Force The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag'') comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence F ...

(SADF) during the

Angolan Civil War The Angolan Civil War ( pt, Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war immediately began after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. The war was ...

and

South African Border War The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angol ...

Background

The aim of the operation locate and destroy the

People's Liberation Army of Namibia The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO). It fought against the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) during the Sout ...

(PLAN) Eastern Command headquarters which was thought to be north of

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as well any other bases in the area. The operation took place during May and June 1983 and consisted of many small contacts. Forces were divided into ''Task Force West'' under command of Col. Linford and ''Task Force East'' was under command of Col. Phillip Lloyd. Each task force was allocated an Air Force MOATMOAT: Mobile Airborne Operations Team. with each MOAT having two Alouette Gunships plus one Alouette troop carrier helicopter under their command. The operation ended at the beginning of July. The town of

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would again be the target of the SADF during

Operation Askari Operation Askari was a military operation during 1983 in Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War. Background Operation Askari, launched on 6 December 1983, was the SADF's sixth large-scale cross- ...

at the end of December 1983.

Order of Battle for SADF

The SADF units consisted of elements from: * Three companies of 32 Battalion, * 4 SAI, * Regiment Groot Karoo. * Reserve: ** Two Companies of

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Order of Battle for SADF

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