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The National Air Force of Angola (FANA; Portuguese: Força Aérea Nacional de Angola) is the air force branch of the Angolan Armed Forces. With an inventory of more than 300 aircraft, FANA is (on paper) one of the largest and strongest air forces of Africa .
The People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola) or FAPLA was originally the armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola but later (1975–1991) became Angola's official armed forces when the MPLA took control of the government.
The Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army ( Exército Angolano ), the Angolan Navy ( Marinha de Guerra Angolana ) and the National Air Force of Angola ( Força Aérea Nacional de Angola ).
UNITA later moved to Jamba in Angola's southeastern province of Cuando Cubango. UNITA's leadership was drawn heavily from Angola's majority Ovimbundu ethnic group and its policies were originally Maoist, they quickly abandoned the Maoist struggle, when they started collaborating with Portuguese Officials against the MPLA. [13]
People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Cabinda This page was last edited on 29 March 2023, at 07:45 (UTC). Text is ...
The MLPA forces were better organized and led, and the dispatch of 35, 000 Cuban Army troops in November 1975 decided the war for the MLPA. [7] Cuban accounts of the Angolan war speak of the efforts of the mercenaries in a tone of contempt as Cuban veterans contend that the mercenaries were poor soldiers who they had no trouble defeating. [6]
The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; abbreviated FNLA) is a political party and former militant organisation that fought for Angolan independence from Portugal in the war of independence, under the leadership of Holden Roberto.
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