Rolling its wings voluptuously to help it tread air ... with the same shocking suddenness with which it had arrived. South Africa's obliteration of Australia was slower but no less brutal.

The Parabats were first “blooded” in combat in 1966 during a counterinsurgency war in South West Africa (known nowadays ... it was announced that 1 Parachute Battalion would receive Battle ...

South Africa’s Parachute Battalion, nicknamed the “Parabats.” 1 Parachute Battalion was founded on April 1, 1966, under the command of Lt Col (later Lt Gen) Willem Louw SSA SM; other ...