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PostPosted: 02 Jun 2015, 08:41 
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miragemad wrote:
I have seen a F1 mock up mounted at the entrance to a farm (I think there is a crop spraying business on the farm) outside the town of Nigel en route to Devon - is it one of these decoys ?


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Here is a Google Street View image of the possible F1 decoy mentioned by Miragemad.
It seems as if there are then at least 3 in SA?
Is there any documentation or other information about our "decoy squadron"?

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PostPosted: 02 Jun 2015, 12:52 
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There where about +-30 made.As decoy's to confuse the enemy back in the day.

This one is seen at Heilderberg
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PostPosted: 02 Jun 2015, 19:58 
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There is one at the Vastrap bombing range in the Kalahari. It's the place where they were going to do the underground nuke tests back in the day.


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Airfire wrote:
There where about +-30 made.As decoy's to confuse the enemy back in the day.

This one is seen at Heilderberg
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Looks to be the same decoy as is shown in Citroën's post.


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PostPosted: 03 Jun 2015, 11:33 
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Same image.

Man it would be great if Eugene would come back.

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That's the one near Balfour


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There is one on a business premises in Heidelberg, Gauteng. The owner told me that it even had heating elements inside to give the impression to IR cameras that it has just landed.

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PostPosted: 07 Jun 2015, 23:28 
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Not the best image, but here is our 4'th F1 decoy in Heidelberg, Gauteng.
Thx Koffiepit!

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