1. On 29 January - 1 February 2013, the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (the Committee) undertook oversight visits to Air Force Base (AFB) Langebaanweg (Western Cape), AFB Hoedspruit and Makhado (Limpopo Province), AFB Durban (KwaZulu-Natal), AFB Bloemspruit (Free State) and selected Armscor Research and Development facilities (Gauteng).