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بعد قرابة 30 عاما طالبت انجولا جنوب افريقيا باسترجاع طائرة ميج 21 كانت قد هبطت اضطراريا قرب عند الحدود الناميبية واحتفظت بها جنوب افريقيا ولم تطالب بها انجولا وحاليا تجري مباحثات بين البلدين لبحث استعادة الطائرة
After almost 30 years of a MiG-21 fighter jet being in South African hands, Angolan officials have stated that the aircraft remained the property of their country.
According to Colonel Piet Claasen (SAAF, ret.) the Deputy Defence Attaché at the Angolan Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel MFG Gomes told him that when President Jacob Zuma last visited Angola (officially this was to attend the inauguration of that country’s new president, Mr João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço) the Angolans had requested the MiG. He added it was an Angolan initiative.
The MiG-21, serial number C-340, made a forced landing near Otjiwarongo in Namibia, which lies some 300 kilometres south of the Angolan border, on 14 December 1989. It was taken into South Africa’s possession and as Angola did not request the return of the aircraft later, it was placed opposite its former “foe”, a Mirage F1AZ on static display at the SAAF Museum in Pretoria.
Gomes said the Angolan government had asked for the aircraft for its newly-built memorial to the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The memorial features Soviet-style “Socialist Realism” art and a library, museum and hotels for visitors.
Claasen told defenceWeb that during 2016, the Chief of Staff (Logistics) did an audit of everything in the museum. All the exhibits received a number and a sticker, and were placed on the Heritage Asset Register under the Heritage Resources Act. He wondered whether the so-called “C-Log” sticker would still be on the plane at its new home
After almost 30 years of a MiG-21 fighter jet being in South African hands, Angolan officials have stated that the aircraft remained the property of their country.
According to Colonel Piet Claasen (SAAF, ret.) the Deputy Defence Attaché at the Angolan Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel MFG Gomes told him that when President Jacob Zuma last visited Angola (officially this was to attend the inauguration of that country’s new president, Mr João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço) the Angolans had requested the MiG. He added it was an Angolan initiative.
The MiG-21, serial number C-340, made a forced landing near Otjiwarongo in Namibia, which lies some 300 kilometres south of the Angolan border, on 14 December 1989. It was taken into South Africa’s possession and as Angola did not request the return of the aircraft later, it was placed opposite its former “foe”, a Mirage F1AZ on static display at the SAAF Museum in Pretoria.
Gomes said the Angolan government had asked for the aircraft for its newly-built memorial to the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The memorial features Soviet-style “Socialist Realism” art and a library, museum and hotels for visitors.
Claasen told defenceWeb that during 2016, the Chief of Staff (Logistics) did an audit of everything in the museum. All the exhibits received a number and a sticker, and were placed on the Heritage Asset Register under the Heritage Resources Act. He wondered whether the so-called “C-Log” sticker would still be on the plane at its new home
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