A brief history of fighter jets in African armed conflicts

It started with the British manufactured Strike Masters in 1987. This military organisation was due to celebrate its first 10 years of existence and the commanders were under pressure to display some level of sophistication at the event.

However, the Strike Master was at the time an outdated piece of military hardware. They were bought from Kuwait which at the time was going through an upgrade of their military equipment. Beside the fact that they were outdated, they were ideal for the anticipated future conflict in Africa. This aircraft plays its role best on counterinsurgency operations. It is slow for a fighter jet and but has an advantage of doing tree level flying and avoid early detection by both radar and humans.