Sergeant Major of the Air Force

Sergeant Major of the South African Air Force
Sergeant Major of the South African Air Force
	Incumbent; Colin Stanton-Jones; since 1 December 2018
	South African Air Force
Type	Senior enlisted advisor
Reports to	Chief of the Air Force
Formation	December 1979
First holder	WO1 A. C. Symonds

The Sergeant Major of the South African Air Force is the most senior Warrant Officer in the South African Air Force. The post was created in 1979. It is a singular appointment – it is only held by one person at any time. The Sergeant Major of the Air Force reports to the Chief of the Air Force and is responsible for maintaining discipline in the Air Force.

Rank and Insignia

Rank

Before 2008 all Sergeant Majors of the Air Force were Warrant Officer Class 1, with appointment to the position of Sergeant Major of the Air Force. In 2008 the SANDF expanded the Warrant Officer ranks and the Sergeant Major of the Air Force now holds the rank of Senior Chief Warrant Officer.[1]

Insignia

Prior to 2002 the Sergeant Major of the Air Force had a unique rank insignia, consisting of a Warrant Officer class 1 insignia with the South African Air Force badge above it. Following the Warrant Officer rank redesign the Sergeant Major of the Air Force does not have a unique rank insignia

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		WO1 A. C. Symonds	December 1979	September 1981	1 year, 9 months	[2]
2		WO1 Barry Kemp	1 October 1981	January 1988	6 years, 3 months	[2]
3		WO1 S. G. Oberholzer	February 1988	October 1990	2 years, 8 months	[2]
4		WO1 S. J. Mountjoy	November 1990	January 1994	3 years, 2 months	[2]
5		WO1 Cor Nortje	February 1994	February 2000	6 years	[3]
6		WO1 Paul Nel	March 2000	30 October 2002	2 years, 7 months	[3]
7		SCWO S. J. Du Preez	1 November 2002	October 2008	5 years, 11 months	[3]
8		SCWO Lefu Daniel Tshabalala	October 2008	November 2018	10 years, 1 month	[4]
9		SCWO Colin Stanton-Jones	1 December 2018	Incumbent	3 years, 4 months	[5]

References

"Fact file: Comparative military and civil service grades". 15 March 2010.
Kemp, Neville. Neville Kemp - unpublised manuscript.
"SA Soldier Transformation Edition" (PDF). SA Soldier. 21 (11): 30. December 2014.
Ramaboea, Lebogang. "SAAF inaugurates new SMAF". South African Air Force. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"New commander for 515 Squadron". 12 March 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

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[1] "Fact file: Comparative military and civil service grades". 15 March 2010.

[Kemp-2] Kemp, Neville. Neville Kemp - unpublised manuscript.

[Sold1214-3] "SA Soldier Transformation Edition" (PDF). SA Soldier. 21 (11): 30. December 2014.

[AF2008-4] Ramaboea, Lebogang. "SAAF inaugurates new SMAF". South African Air Force. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[Zoutnet-5] "New commander for 515 Squadron". 12 March 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

South African Air Force
Leadership	Chiefs of the Air Force Sergeants Major of the Air Force
Active squadrons	2 15 16 17 19 21 22 28 35 41 44
Training and development units	68 Air School 80 Air Navigation School 85 Combat Flying School 87 Helicopter Flying School Central Flying School Test Flight and Development Centre South African Air Force College
Formation aerobatic teams	Silver Falcons
Reserve squadrons	101 102 104 105 106 107 108 110 111
Disbanded air and training squadrons	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 20 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 42 43 50 60 103 109 112 114 86 Multi-Engine Flying School 88 Maritime Training School 89 Combat Flying School
Disbanded air defence squadrons	120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
Wings of the SAAF	2 3 5 7 8 21 24 25
Bases	AFB Bloemspruit AFB Durban AFB Hoedspruit AFB Langebaanweg AFB Makhado AFB Overberg AFB Swartkop AFB Waterkloof AFB Ysterplaat AFS Port Elizabeth
Training areas	Roodewaal Bombing Range Ditholo Training Area TAB Upington Vastrap Weapons Area
Equipment	List of current and historical SAAF aircraft List of weapon systems of the South African Air Force
History	History of the South African Air Force List of obsolete weapon systems of the South African Air Force South African Air Force Memorial South African Air Force Museum Military history of South Africa South African Air Force in World War I South African Air Force in World War II South African Air Force in the Korean War South African Air Force in the Bush War SAAF squadron identification codes
Official website: www.af.mil.za

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