Eric Kenny | |
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Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Royal Canadian Air Force [a] |
Years of service | 1989–present |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held |
4 Wing Cold Lake 1 Canadian Air Division Royal Canadian Air Force |
Awards |
Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Cross Meritorious Service Medal |
Lieutenant-General Eric Jean Kenny CMM MSC MSM CD is a senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer who has been serving as Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force since 2022.
Kenny joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989. [1] After training as a fighter pilot on the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet, he became commander of 4 Wing Cold Lake in 2014 and, in that capacity, was deployed as commander of the Air Task Force–Iraq in Kuwait between October 2014 and April 2015. [2] [3] He went on to be Deputy Commander at 1 Canadian Air Division in Winnipeg in 2016, Director General of Air Readiness at Headquarters Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa in 2018 and commander of 1 Canadian Air Division in July 2020. [1] On 12 August 2022, he became the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force. [4] [5]
Eric Kenny | |
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Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Royal Canadian Air Force [a] |
Years of service | 1989–present |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held |
4 Wing Cold Lake 1 Canadian Air Division Royal Canadian Air Force |
Awards |
Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Cross Meritorious Service Medal |
Lieutenant-General Eric Jean Kenny CMM MSC MSM CD is a senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer who has been serving as Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force since 2022.
Kenny joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989. [1] After training as a fighter pilot on the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet, he became commander of 4 Wing Cold Lake in 2014 and, in that capacity, was deployed as commander of the Air Task Force–Iraq in Kuwait between October 2014 and April 2015. [2] [3] He went on to be Deputy Commander at 1 Canadian Air Division in Winnipeg in 2016, Director General of Air Readiness at Headquarters Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa in 2018 and commander of 1 Canadian Air Division in July 2020. [1] On 12 August 2022, he became the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force. [4] [5]