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Van Ryneveld

Pierre van Ryneveld (1891–1972), South African World War I flying ace, Royal Air Force officer, and South African Air Force general



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Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF

By 1979, the TFDC had grown large enough to merit the allocation of one of the hangar complexes at AFB Waterkloof, and in 1980 it established a satellite unit at Van Ryneveld Airfield in Upington to conduct weapons release tests.