Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF

Two F-35 Lightning fighter aircraft participate in a flypast celebrating the RCAF centennial on Canada Day, Monday, July 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

OTTAWA - Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet has become the first woman to lead the Royal 好色tv Air Force.

She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony, presided over by the Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan, in Ottawa today.

Kenny is retiring after three-and-a-half decades of service in the air force.

Speiser-Blanchet has served as a Griffon helicopter pilot and in various command roles, most recently as deputy commander of the air force.

Her operational deployments included UN and NATO peacekeeping tours in Haiti and Bosnia, along with domestic deployments in response to emergencies such as forest fires and floods.

Speiser-Blanchet comes from Chicoutimi, Que., and is now the 22nd commander of the RCAF.

This report by 好色tvwas first published July 10, 2025.聽

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