Active 1 January 1962 Type Air assault infantry | Country South Africa Size Battalion | |
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Allegiance Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa Branch South African Army
South African Army | ||
6 South African Infantry Battalion is an air assault infantry unit of the South African Army.
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History
6 SAI was established on January 1, 1962 at Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
Bush War/ Namibia
The battalion became operational in 1970. 6 SAI took part in Operation Protea and Operation Daisy in Angola.
Post 1994
The battalion has since become an air assault infantry unit specifically trained to deploy via helicopters. The battalion was deployed again in April 2013 to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade. On the 28 August 2014, after their return from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the battalion was honoured with a Freedom of the City parade through Grahamstown.
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