Martin Pinehas
{{short description|Namibian military officer (born 1962)}}
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- Chief of Defence Force (2020-present)
- Commander, Namibian Air Force (2002-20)
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- Excellent Order of the Eagle, third Class
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Martin Kambulu Pinehas is a Namibian military officer who is serving as the Chief of the Defence Force,{{cite web|url=https://neweralive.na/posts/geingob-appoints-pinehas-as-cdf|title = Geingob appoints Pinehas as CDF| date=April 2020 }} he previously served as commander of the Namibian Air Force. He was appointed the commander of the Air Wing of the Namibian Defence Force in 2000. He has over 3700 flight hours of experience, including 700 as an instructor.
Military career
=PLAN=
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Pinehas joined SWAPO's armed wing, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia, in 1980 and was deployed to the Cadet Military Academy in Cuba which he completed in 1981 and was appointed deputy commander there. Between 1982 and 1983 he was serving at the PLAN Headquarters in Lubango, Angola. He was then sent for jet flying training in Libya between 1984 and 1989.
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His career in the Namibian Defence Force started in 1993 after Namibia's independence when he was inducted with the rank of Lieutenant. In 1994 he was appointed as the commanding officer of the 1st Air Wing squadron with the rank of Major. In 1998 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed as the chief of staff of the Air Wing. In 2000 he was promoted to colonel and appointed as Air Wing Commander. In 2002 he was appointed as Air Force Commander. In 2005 when the Air Force was commissioned he was promoted to Brigadier General. The rank of air vice-marshal was bestowed in 2008.{{cite web|last1=Pinehas|first1=Martin|title=Auto Biography for Air Force Commander|url=http://www.mod.gov.na/documents/264813/286599/profile+of+AF+Commander.pdf/2577c71a-4a03-41f0-8ad2-e02411c6da30}} On the 31 March 2020 he was promoted to air marshal and appointed as Chief of Defence Force becoming the first non Army General to occupy the position.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mod.gov.na/documents/264813/783518/CHIEF+OF+THE+NAMIBIAN+DEFENCE+FORCE.pdf/edc77384-ed74-4c4b-8dad-fc2c8ef874f8 | title=Profile of air marshal Martin Kambulu Pinehas, chief of the Namibian defence force | website=www.mod.gov.na |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223080030/http://www.mod.gov.na/documents/264813/286599/profile+of+AF+Commander.pdf/2577c71a-4a03-41f0-8ad2-e02411c6da30 |archive-date= 23 February 2020 }}
Honours and decorations
|title=Namibians honoured by President
|newspaper=New Era
|date=28 August 2014
|url=http://www.newera.com.na/2014/08/28/namibians-honoured-by-president/
|archive-date=29 June 2018
|access-date=20 November 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629064451/https://www.newera.com.na/2014/08/28/namibians-honoured-by-president/
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- x18px Mandume Ya Ndemufayo Operation Medal{{Cite web| title=Pinehas in uniform | url=https://mod.gov.na/documents/264813/283588/CDF+pinehas.jpg/9b799e5d-05e3-4fef-b662-aaed4908c087?t=1595854429000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117111652/https://mod.gov.na/documents/264813/283588/CDF+pinehas.jpg/9b799e5d-05e3-4fef-b662-aaed4908c087?t=1595854429000 | archive-date=2021-11-17}}
- x18px Air Cadre Medal
- x18px Air Force Longevity Medal
- x18px Air Force Commander's Exemplary Medal
- x18px NDF Commendation Medal
- x18px NDF Commendation Medal (Silver)
- x18px NDF 30 Years Service Medal
- x25px Santos-Dumont Merit Medal
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{{s-ttl|title = Commander Namibian Air Wing|years = 2000 {{snd}} 2002}}
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{{s-non|reason = Air Force upgraded from Air Wing}}
{{s-ttl|title = Commander Namibian Air Force|years = 2002 {{snd}} 31 March 2020}}
{{s-aft|after = Air Vice Marshal Teofilus Shaende}}
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{{s-bef|before = Lieutenant General John Mutwa}}
{{s-ttl|title = Chief of Defence Force| years = 1 April 2020 {{snd}} incumbent}}
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