46 Years Hunting Criminals from the Sky ✈️ SAPS Pilot Lt Col Div de Villiers

Let's Wing It Podcast ✈️ · Oct 12, 2026 · 1h 44m

In this episode of Let’s Wing It, host Ruben Delmage sits down with Lieutenant Colonel Jacobus Gideon "Div" de Villiers, the longest-serving pilot in the history of the South African Police Service.After an incredible 46-year career, including 37 years in the SAPS Air Wing and nearly 17,000 flying hours, Lt Col de Villiers reflects on a lifetime dedicated to protecting South Africa from the skies. Throughout his career, he supported crime-fighting operations, search-and-rescue missions, tactical deployments, emergency response operations, and countless police investigations where every flight…