General Andreas "Kat" Liebenberg was a South African military commander. He served as General Officer Commanding South African Special Forces (1982–85), Chief of the Army (1985–90) and Chief of the South African Defence Force (1990–93).
Robert Harry Doherty Rogers was a Chief of the South African Air Force. He joined the South African Air Force (SAAF) in 1940, and served in the Second World War and the Korean War. He subsequently rose through the ranks to become Chief of the SAAF. After his military career he entered politics and served as a Member of Parliament.
Lieutenant-General Carlo Gagiano was a South African military commander and former Chief of the South African Air Force. He joined the South African Air Force in 1968, and served in the Border War in South West Africa in the 1980s.
Lieutenant-General Roelf Beukes is a retired South African military commander. He joined the South African Air Force in 1969 and later served as Chief of the Air Force.
Lieutenant-General James Kriel was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Air Force in 1959.
Denis John Earp was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Air Force.
Lieutenant General Michal Muller was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Air Force
The Star of South Africa, Gold, post-nominal letters SSA, is the senior decoration of two military and five non-military classes of the Order of the Star of South Africa, a South African Order which was instituted in 1975, for award to general and flag officers of the South African Defence Force. The Order of the Star of South Africa was discontinued in 2002.
Lieutenant General Willem Hendrik Hechter is a former Chief of the South African Air Force.
Lieutenant-General Pierre Derksen Steyn is a retired South African Air Force officer who served as Secretary for Defence from 1994 to 1998, and as Chief of Defence Force Staff from 1990 to 1993. He is also known as the chair of the Steyn Commission, which from 1992 to 1993 investigated allegations of criminal and third force activity by the apartheid-era South African Defence Force.
Rear Admiral Eric Green was a South African Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Fleet from 1999 to 2005, when he retired.
Major General Gerrit Nicolaas Opperman (Gert) was a General Officer in the South African Army.
Lieutenant General Phil du Preez is a former Anti-Aircraft officer of the South African Army.
Lieutenant General Piet Coetser was a lieutenant general in the South African Army, who served as Chief of Logistics from 1 April 1998 to 2000.
Lieutenant General Dirk Verbeek is a South African Army general who spent his career in the Military Intelligence Service. He served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the SANDF from 1994 - 1998.
Lieutenant General Dries van der Lith is a former air force pilot who served as a Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF.
Lieutenant General Frans van den Berg was an artillery officer who was appointed as the first Chief of Staff Planning in the SADF in 1986.
Major General Paul Lombard was an artillery officer who completed the British Army Staff Course during 1967. He qualified as an Army Air Observation Pilot at the Central Flying School SAAF in Dunnottar. He served as the Chief of Army Staff Planning (GS6) in the South African Defence Force from 1991.
Maj Gen Koos Laubscher was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Maj Gen Albertus Burger was a South African Air Force officer.
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