He received his flying training at Frunze 1 Central Officers Training Center (now the
Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic) - Kirghizstan, in the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1986 to 1991. He graduated from the institution with a diploma in Command & Tactics of Military Aviation. He has been a member of the
Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK), the military wing of the
African National Congress and saw combat in
Angola in 1986. In 1994, he completed the Air Force Junior Staff Course in
Zimbabwe before integrating into the
South African National Defence Force. He was appointed assistant project officer on Project Flange (the acquisition programme of the Agusta A109) in
Italy where he also completed the Senior Staff Course at the Italian Air Force War School. On his return from Italy, Msimang was then appointed Officer Commanding of the
Helicopter Flying School at
Air Force Base Bloemspruit. In 2005, he was appointed officer commanding
Air Force Base Bloemspruit and promoted to the rank of colonel. In 2006, he completed the Executive National Security Programme at the
South African National Defence College. In June 2007, after a two-and-a-half-year tour as officer commanding Air Force Base Bloemspruit, he was appointed director of helicopter systems and promoted to the rank of brigadier general at the Air Command. He retired at the end of September 2020. ==Aircraft flown== •
Alouette III •
Atlas Oryx •
Mi-8 •
Mi-24 ==Awards and decorations ==