Английская Википедия:Fabian Msimang
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use South African English Шаблон:Infobox military person Fabian Zimpande "Zakes" Msimang Шаблон:Post-nominals (born 1 September 1960)[1] is a retired South African Air Force officer who served as the Chief of the South African Air Force.
He left South Africa with his family at the age of 6 months and went into exile.[1] He completed his secondary schooling in India. In 1983 he was sent to Tanzania to assist with the opening of the ANC Development Centre.[2]
Career
He received his flying training at Frunze 1 Central Officers Training Center (now the Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic) - Kirghizstan, in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1986 to 1991. He graduated from the institution with a diploma in Command & Tactics of Military Aviation.[3]
He has been a member of the Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress and saw combatШаблон:Citation needed in Angola in 1986. In 1994, he completed the Air Force Junior Staff Course in Zimbabwe before integrating into the South African National Defence Force.[4]
He was appointed assistant project officer on Project Flange (the acquisition programme of the Agusta A109) in Italy where he also completed the Senior Staff Course at the Italian Air Force War School. On his return from Italy, Msimang was then appointed Officer Commanding of the Helicopter Flying School at Air Force Base Bloemspruit.[5]
In 2005, he was appointed officer commanding Air Force Base Bloemspruit and promoted to the rank of colonel. In 2006, he completed the Executive National Security Programme at the South African National Defence College. In June 2007, after a two-and-a-half-year tour as officer commanding Air Force Base Bloemspruit, he was appointed director of helicopter systems and promoted to the rank of brigadier general at the Air Command.[4]
In November 2010, he was appointed chief director of air policy and plans and promoted to the rank of major general responsible for Air Force strategy, policies, capabilities and resource allocation.[4]
Msimang became the Chief of the Air Force on 1 October 2012.[6] He retired at the end of September 2020.[7]
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