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.
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 |
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 DivisioninWinnipeg 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]
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| Preceded by | Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force August 2022 - Present |
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