Extract taken with the author's permission from: “War In Angola - The Final South African Phase“, by Helmoed-Römer Heitman (See Bibliography) For the Background and the Run-up to Intervention, get the book! *

At 13h55 on 27 June, a patrol from 102 Battalion in the hills above Ruacana reported that four MiG-23s had just flown over them heading south-east. At 13h57 more were reported flying from Ruacana towards Calueque. Hougaard was in his tactical headquarters at the time. He sent out a quick warning over the radio and ran outside in time to see the MiGs fly along the river and bank as they lined up for their attack. Then he heard the bombs and saw the smoke and dust of the explosions. Four of the MiGs dropped three bombs each while the other four covered them.

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