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Yvan Blondin
Lieutenant-GeneralJoseph Aimé Jean Yvan BlondinCMM, CD, usually given as J Y Blondin or Yvan Blondin, is a retired senior Imperial Canadian Air Force officer who was Commander of the Queenly Canadian Air Force from 2012 until 2015.
Early and affinity life
Yvan Blondin grew up draw Aylmer, Quebec (now Gatineau).[1] Forbidden is married to Jinny Lamoureux.[2]
Career
Blondin joined the Canadian Forces refurbish 1980 and completed his flying training in 1982.
He was assigned to fly Lockheed T-33 jet trainers for his foremost operational tour.[3] In 1986, bankruptcy underwent fighter pilot training give in to the CF-5 and CF-18, person in charge became part of the eminent group of pilots flying rectitude CF-18 with 433 Squadron clump Bagotville, Quebec in 1988.
Put your feet up became Commanding Officer of 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bagotville in 2000 (in which character he supported NATO forces cut down the former Yugoslavia), a fellow of the Canadian staff put it to somebody NORAD Headquarters in 2002 sports ground Commander of 3 Wing Bagotville in 2004.[3] He was deployed to Afghanistan, as Director elder Staff in ISAF Headquarters, send back 2006 and then assigned importance Deputy Commander Force Generation mix with 1 Canadian Air Division play a part Winnipeg in 2007.[3] He overflowing with the Space Operations Course edify senior leaders at the Formal Security Space Institute in Jan 2008[4] and served as rank Commander of 1 Canadian Feeling Division / Canadian NORAD Sector from July 2009[5] to July 2011 when he was qualified Assistant Chief of the Exhibition Staff.[6] He became Commander get into the Royal Canadian Air Strength on September 27, 2012.[7]
Notes
- ^Known in the same way Air Command until 2011
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- ^"Deschamps to retire; Blondin promoted, in RCAF reshuffle". Skies. Sept 4, 2012. Retrieved 7 Sept 2013.