The Rhodesian Special Air Service or Rhodesian SAS was the tier one special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army. It comprised: C Squadron, Special Air Service...
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Rhodesian Air Services (RAS) was an airline from Southern Rhodesia (today's Zimbabwe, until 1963 part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) from...
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The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) was an air force based in Salisbury (now Harare) which represented several entities under various names between 1935 and...
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ground force (the Rhodesian Army), the Rhodesian Air Force, the British South Africa Police, and various personnel affiliated to the Rhodesian Ministry of Internal...
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of former Rhodesian Air Services (RAS) aircraft, but soon took delivery of five De Havilland Doves and three Vickers VC.1 Vikings. Services were steadily...
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The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia...
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Rhodesian Bush War. The aircraft involved, a Vickers Viscount named the Hunyani, was flying the last leg of Air Rhodesia's regular scheduled service from...
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Air Service Regiment (SASR) in 1964. On its return from Malaya, the C (Rhodesian) Squadron formed the basis for creation of the Rhodesian Special Air...
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Rhodesian Army The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) The British South Africa Police (BSAP, known informally as "The Regiment") The Rhodesia Prison Service (RPS)...
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The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo...
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Air Force of Zimbabwe saw service in the Mozambican Civil War in 1985 and the Second Congo War of 1998–2001. The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF; previously known...
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Mick McLaren (category Rhodesian Air Force air marshals)
Air Marshal Michael John McLaren CLM (18 November 1930 – 29 July 2016) was a Rhodesian senior commander in the Rhodesian Air Force. McLaren was in command...
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Ronald Reid-Daly (category Rhodesian Special Air Service personnel)
Southern Rhodesia, entered military service in 1951, and served with the all-Rhodesian C Squadron of the 22 Special Air Service in counter-insurgency operations...
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Air Trans Africa was formed by Jack Malloch in 1964 after his first company, Rhodesian Air Services failed in 1962. It operated a Super Constellation...
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Jack Malloch (category Rhodesian anti-communists)
In 1978, he was the final recipient of the Rhodesian civil Independence Commemorative Decoration for services rendered to the country. Jack Malloch was...
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Frank Mussell (category Rhodesian Air Force air marshals)
Air Marshal Frank Walter Mussell CLM (born 31 May 1932) is a retired commander of the Rhodesian Air Force and of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. Frank Walter...
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Peter McAleese (category Rhodesian Special Air Service personnel)
the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's...
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Norman Walsh (redirect from Norman Walsh (air marshal))
Air Marshal Norman Walsh OLM BCR ESM (22 May 1933 – 3 August 2010) was a senior officer in the Rhodesian Air Force and the first commander of the Air...
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The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) was a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although...
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The Rhodesian Brushstroke is a brushstroke-type camouflage pattern used by the Rhodesian Security Forces from 1965 until its replacement by a vertical...
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Selous Scouts (redirect from Rhodesian Selous Scouts)
Scouts /səˈluː/ was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the...
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Green Leader (category Rhodesian Air Force personnel)
was a Rhodesian military pilot for the Rhodesian Air Force and was born in Shabani, Southern Rhodesia. He was best known for leading the Rhodesian Operation...
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There were a number of American volunteers in the Rhodesian Bush War who fought with the Rhodesian Security Forces. These men were nick-named the Crippled...
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Harold Hawkins (RRAF officer) (category Rhodesian Air Force air marshals)
He served in the Royal Australian Air Force between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted in what became the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1947, and was its commander...
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White Zimbabweans (redirect from Rhodesians)
White Zimbabweans, also known as White Rhodesians or simply Rhodesians, are a Southern African people of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and...
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Peter Walls (category Rhodesian Special Air Service personnel)
(1927 – 20 July 2010) was a Rhodesian soldier. He served as the Head of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1977 until his...
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The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian...
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The Rhodesian Armoured Corps, nicknamed the "Black Devils" — was the only standing armoured cavalry battalion of the Rhodesian Army. During World War II...
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Lieutenant General Peter Walls. The Rhodesian military considered two units to be special forces, the Special Air Service and the Selous Scouts. Combined...
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