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The race served as an opportunity for the SA Air Force to test their systems and connect with their stakeholders and the country.

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - New SAAF Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, seen here as a major general. When he takes up the post of SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief on 1 June, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo becomes the fifth commander of the airborne service of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) since its establishment on 27 April 1994. In what is, in some circles, seen as a break with tradition Mbambo is the first CAF in the democratic era not to wear pilot’s wings. His predeces...