Tag: Zakes Msimang
SAAF improving its maintenance capability
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General "Zakes" Msimang is confident the VVIP transport squadron will have a better aircraft availability rate...
Questions about SAAF VVIP aircraft posed during oversight visit
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang, is proud of the reliability of the Presidential Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) Inkwazi...
AAD on track to be a premier event
The countdown to September 14 continues inexorably on and behind the scenes the work rate at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD)...
Central Flying School to host wings parade on Thursday
This Thursday marks the culmination of years of blood, sweat and tears for 24 SA Air Force (SAAF) members who will receive...
Denel Technical Academy training Cameroonian students
Brigadier General Jean-Calvin Momha, Cameroon Chief of Air Force Staff, was present at a Denel Technical Academy (DTA) presentation to see 58...
SAAF chief to attend war games in Russia next month
The Chief of the South African Air Force, Lieutenant General Fabian Zakes Msimang, will be in Russia next month to attend the...
Air Force Day parade
Friday, January 30, is Air Force Day and the South African Air Force (SAAF) will use AFB Waterkloof in Centurion to mark...
SAAF seeking logo for 95th anniversary celebrations
This year marks the 95th anniversary of military aviation in South Africa and, according to the SA Air Force (SAAF) website, "ultimately...
AFB Waterkloof hosts first Mandela medal parade
The first of a series of medal parades to honour military and civilian personnel involved in the care of and funeral arrangements...
Air Force chief apologises for Museum closure
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang and the Air Force Command Council have apologised for the inconvenience caused by...
Stay of execution on SANDF warrants of arrest
Warrants of arrest for the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, the Chief of the SA Air Force (SAAF) and the Defence...
SANDF and Sandu legal wrangling now at arrest warrant level
The intensity of legal wrangling between Sandu (SA National Defence Union) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has now reached the...
SAAF pays tribute to three fallen soldiers
On 24 June, the South African Air Force (SAAF) held a memorial service at Air Force Base Waterkloof to pay tribute to...
First SAAF URTP candidate officers
A welcome boost to SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang's stated intent of bringing the Air Force Reserve back...
Hawks not grounded
A landing incident involving a Hawk jet trainer at AFB Makhado late last month did not lead to the SA Air Force's...
Options for new SAAF maritime surveillance platforms
With approval, in principle at present from the National Treasury, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's unhappiness about "her people" flying...
AFB Waterkloof to host Air Force Day parade
For the first time in the last 10 years, the SA Air Force (SAAF) will this year mark its establishment on the...
50 years of SAAF Reserves
The Reserve component of the SA Air Force (SAAF) last year marked its 50th anniversary and Colonel Siphiwe Hamilton, Air Force Reserve...
