serviceyears branch commands birth_place allegiance unit honorific_suffix battles birth_date rank article_title name
1968 -- 2012 south africa chief of the south african air force bonnievale , western cape south africa south african air force zar sm mmm border war 26 march 1951 lieutenant general carlo gagiano
 carlo gagiano
carlo gagiano

lieutenant-general carlo gagiano -lrb- born 26 march 1951 , bonnievale , western cape -rrb- 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 1970s .
