Eric Kenny
Eric Kenny | |
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| Allegiance | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force[a] |
Service years | 1989–2025 |
Rank | _OF-8.svg){kind=small} Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | 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 served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 2022 to 2025.
Military career
[edit]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]
On 10 July 2025, Kenny retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force, passing his position as the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force to Jamie Speiser-Blanchet.[6]
Honours and decorations
[edit]Honours and decorations include:[7]
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| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
| Commander of the Order of Military Merit | CMM |
| Meritorious Service Cross | MSC |
| Meritorious Service Medal | MSM |
| General Campaign Star - Allied Forces | |
| General Campaign Star - South-West Asia | |
| General Service Medal - Expedition | |
| Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal | |
| NATO Operation Unified Protector - Libya | |
| Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal | |
| Canadian Forces' Decoration | CD |
| Defense Meritorious Service Medal - USA | |
| Meritorious Service Medal - USA | |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Known as Air Command until 2011
References
[edit]- 1 2 "1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region Commander". Government of Canada. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Colonel Eric Jean Kenny". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Winnipeg air force personnel heading to Iraq". Global News. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ Raycraft, Richard (April 21, 2022). "Canadian military announces new army, air force and navy commanders". CBC News. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Royal Canadian Air Force welcomes new Commander". National Defence News release. August 12, 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ↑ McGibbon, Zach (July 10, 2025). "New commander for the Royal Canadian Air Force". quintenews.com. Retrieved July 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Eric Kenny visits the F-35 Joint Programme Office".
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