Romanian Airforce In Angola in the 1980's.

[Connaught Ranger]

Hallo Gents,

found this short t.v clip with regards members of the Romanian Air force

in Angola in the 1980's:-

http://www.tvr.ro/articol.php?id=42833

Sorry only in Romanian language.

Connaught Ranger

[Ordie]

Weird....... I've never heard Romanian before, but I understood everything.
(I'm fluent in Spanish.)

In a nutshell, the Romanians fixed and operated what the Portugese left behind.

[Connaught Ranger]

Weird....... I've never heard Romanian before, but I understood everything.
(I'm fluent in Spanish.)

In a nutshell, the Romanians fixed and operated what the Portugese left behind.

Hallo Ordie,

Romanian is one of the Latin based languages, for example many Romanians can read Italian Newspapers, but are not proficient with Italian dialects.

They also manage with the Spanish language, which might be a reason why so many Romanians (not Roma) seek work in Italy and Spain.

For me of Anglo Irish descent, even after 5 years here I have difficulty with it, getting by with English and German. My wife who is Romanian says I am just lazy

Connaught Ranger

[limbic]

Weird....... I've never heard Romanian before, but I understood everything.
(I'm fluent in Spanish.)

Me too. I can speak Italian and Serbia and I can understand most of this.

[Rudolph]

Weird....... I've never heard Romanian before, but I understood everything.
(I'm fluent in Spanish.)

In a nutshell, the Romanians fixed and operated what the Portugese left behind.

Mmmh... didn't know they were involved!

You know, Chile helped the South Africans in the air force and with translations and such. I've seen some photos of them in military uniform manning stations with the SADF:


Two Chilean Air Force senior officers seconded to the SADF. Photo taken, December 1987, at 20 BDE Tactical HQ, south of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola.

Chilean Air Force fighter pilots and NCOs served in the SADF as EW (electronic warfare) Operators. They were deployed by us for a couple of months at a time. They were mainly stationed at Grootfontein, but moved around the operational area as needed. After they had served their time, they were replaced by other personnel. They worked for my unit; the Intelligence Division, Directorate of Technology.

They served in the operational area, sometimes in close cooperation with the SAAF.

The Chilean officers kept their rank in the SADF and the NCOs were made Candidate Officers so that they could live in the same mess as their officers.

Their main task was to monitor the radio frequencies and activities of the Cuban Air Force in Angola. (They became very GOOD at it!!)

A civilian woman from my unit, who was a fluent Spanish speaker was on permanent detachment with them, as the co-ordinator, and to translate their reports.

Sometimes things went wrong, and their long reports landed on my desk for me to translate. The more I protested, the more I demonstrated how poor my Spanish was, the more reports landed on my desk. I had no choice.

Their monthly reports dealt with the Cuban Air Force activity in Angola, frequencies, bases, equipment, aircraft, call signs, operations, etc etc.
Once a month a courier from the Intelligence Division (sometimes it was my mother) took money from the `blue bag’ to them.

When our forces were withdrawn from South West Africa, our Chilean friends moved south to 513 TP in Rooikop, Walvis Bay. They stayed in Walvis for several months until their services were no longer needed.

Some of their officers served with us for long periods, some even bought cars. One of their pilots married a Portuguese sergeant from my unit and took her back to Santiago in Chile. This was a great loss to us, and the Brigadier (our OC) was grief-stricken.

To my `Brothers in Arms’ from Chile, I say `Thank you very much!’ Sadly all your hard work was for nothing.

*Sorry, bit off-topic, but interesting.

[Deurzakker]

Thanks for the story Rudolph, I did not know about Chile in SA.

[Knutsen]

Weird....... I've never heard Romanian before, but I understood everything.
(I'm fluent in Spanish.)

In a nutshell, the Romanians fixed and operated what the Portugese left behind.

I'm native spanish and i don't understand romanian

[Ordie]

I'm native spanish and i don't understand romanian

It's probably because I grew up learning Argentine Spanish. (Lunfardo-Italian mixed with Castillian).

[jackehammond]

http://translate.google.com/translat...-8&sl=ro&tl=en


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[go_east]

Very interesting clip,Romanians founded and run the military flight school of the Angolan Air force for 2 years beginning in late 81. The Romanian contingent was led by a general and was 150 men strong, one of them died. The operation was named Sirius and kept secret for decades.