SAAF officers back from Cuban training

[Rouxenator]

Do the two woman on the right think that they are at a beauty contest?
Can't take **** like this seriously

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Shaboing !

 

[Flanders]

LOL and this was in March

The cash-strapped SA National Defence Force (SANDF) forked out millions of rand on a chartered Air Zimbabwe flight to bring home eight trainee pilots who had failed their eye tests in Cuba.

Already battling budget cuts, a crumbling infrastructure and an internal board of inquiry into nearly R1bn of wasteful expenditure, the latest saga involves the SANDF's vaunted Cuban mil itary training exchange programme, code-named Project Thusano.

Three weeks after their arrival in August, eight of the 12 SA Air Force (SAAF) trainees were told they had failed an eye test conducted with a BIC ballpoint pen and were kicked off the programme. The test required trainees to follow the movement of the pen with their eyes.

The group spent the next five months cutting grass with pangas unt il the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) turned to the courts in a bid to force the Sandf to bring them home, finally sparking some action but at a huge cost.

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What the actual fxxx

This is comical and sad.

The test required trainees to follow the movement of the pen with their eyes.

This sounds like the most rudimentary test to check for brain activity before engaging in fancy things like airforce-grade eye tests. I mean I know we're cash-strapped but couldn't the SAAF wrangle a single BIC pen and do the test in SA before sending people over to Cuba to fail the pen test?

 

[dualmeister]

couldn't the SAAF wrangle a single BIC pen and do the test in SA before sending people over to Cuba to fail the pen test?

Don't now come with logic here

 

[dualmeister]

In any case the said Bic pen would have gone out on tender and been acquired for the price of a Bentley.

 

[Lupus]

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Surprisingly, SA has more kit than Cuba, and none of it is the same .............

The SA government is enamored with Cuba, they can do no wrong. The ANC believes Cuba helped them fight against the SADF back in the 80s out of the goodness of their hearts.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

LOL and this was in March

The cash-strapped SA National Defence Force (SANDF) forked out millions of rand on a chartered Air Zimbabwe flight to bring home eight trainee pilots who had failed their eye tests in Cuba.

Already battling budget cuts, a crumbling infrastructure and an internal board of inquiry into nearly R1bn of wasteful expenditure, the latest saga involves the SANDF's vaunted Cuban mil itary training exchange programme, code-named Project Thusano.

Three weeks after their arrival in August, eight of the 12 SA Air Force (SAAF) trainees were told they had failed an eye test conducted with a BIC ballpoint pen and were kicked off the programme. The test required trainees to follow the movement of the pen with their eyes.

The group spent the next five months cutting grass with pangas unt il the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) turned to the courts in a bid to force the Sandf to bring them home, finally sparking some action but at a huge cost.

Source

What the actual fxxx

The MMI (Military Medical Institute) used to do all those tests before anyone was even interviewed as a possible candidate pilot using sophisticated medical instruments. Why weren't these done prior to even their interview?

Now the Cubans do it with a ball point pen...

 

[Cosmik Debris]

The Cubans do have some befokte aircraft though I must say.

Such as? Old 1970's and 80's Soviet fighters?

 

[dualmeister]

 

[RonSwanson]

 

[Kola-CT]

If those are the cream of the crop, the officers, there is no hope.

 

[RonSwanson]

Undoubtedly the best footage was from our esteemed SABC, lest we forget that the SADF soldier gave the mortar a Liverpool kiss:

 

[Oldfut]

Undoubtedly the best footage was from our esteemed SABC, lest we forget that the SADF soldier gave the mortar a Liverpool kiss:

Should be called a 21 gum salute in SA.

 

[Rouxenator]

If those are the cream of the crop, the officers, there is no hope.

In terms of the air force - yes.

In terms of creaming, jeez there are two ladies in that pic that I would love to cream.

 

[J&B]

Undoubtedly the best footage was from our esteemed SABC, lest we forget that the SADF soldier gave the mortar a Liverpool kiss:

THUNKK !!!!

 

[dualmeister]

When the Cuban/South African defence and military co-operation agreement and its Project Thusano contracts end in three years, the South African taxpayer will have paid over R2.9 billion to the Caribbean Island state.

Project Thusano to cost SA close to R3 billion - defenceWeb

When the Cuban/South African defence and military co-operation agreement and its Project Thusano contracts end in three years, the South African taxpayer will have paid over R2.9 billion to the Caribbean Island state. Justifying the expenditure to Cuba, which started in 2015, Defence and...

www.defenceweb.co.za

 

[J&B]

When the Cuban/South African defence and military co-operation agreement and its Project Thusano contracts end in three years, the South African taxpayer will have paid over R2.9 billion to the Caribbean Island state.

Project Thusano to cost SA close to R3 billion - defenceWeb

When the Cuban/South African defence and military co-operation agreement and its Project Thusano contracts end in three years, the South African taxpayer will have paid over R2.9 billion to the Caribbean Island state. Justifying the expenditure to Cuba, which started in 2015, Defence and...

www.defenceweb.co.za

ANC good at spending other people's money

 

[Grant]

Check this pic out of the trainees and tell me why the once excellent SA Military Academy and military colleges couldn't have done the training?

Notice the short mini's and unkempt hair of the Cuban women? Completely at odds with Western forces.

The 2 at front right look like a pair of tired jintoos

 

[Grant]

... on the thighs of virgins.

Milky white thighs of virgins

 

[RonSwanson]

The 2 at front right look like a pair of tired jintoos

Every force in the world has one or two of them. You may recall that in the 80's they were (rather unkindly) referred to as "staatsmatrasse".

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Every force in the world has one or two of them. You may recall that in the 80's they were (rather unkindly) referred to as "staatsmatrasse".

Staatsmatras, cockpit or torpedo tube dependent on the service...