Education
He also attended a Canberra conversion course in England.
He also attended a Canberra conversion course in England.
In 1959, he was appointed a flying instructor at Central Flying school. He joined 1 Squadron and 2 Squadron before moving to 24 Squadron flying Buccaneers. In 1971, he was appointed Military Attache to Paris, France.
On his return to South Africa, he was appointed the head of the South African Military Academy and thereafter Light Aircraft Command.
He was appointed Chief of Staff operations in 1979. In 1984, he was appointed Director: Operations of the SADF and in 1988 he was appointed Chief of the Air Force.
Star of South Africa, Silver (SSAS) Southern Cross Decoration (South Dakota) South African Police Star for Outstanding Service (SOE) Southern Cross Medal (Master of Science) Military Merit Medal (MMM) Pro Patria Medal Southern Africa Medal General Service Medal Good Service Medal, Gold (30 Years) Good Service Medal, Silver (20 Years) Permanent Force Good Service Medal Order of the Cloud and Banner - with Yellow Grand Cordon (3rd Grade) (ORB)(Taiwan) Grand Cross of Aeronautical Merit (Chile) Grand Star of Military Merit (Chile).
