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Royal Canadian Air Force Announces CO and key appointments

The Commanding Officer and key Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) appointments for the upcoming active posting season were announced by LGen A.D. Meinzinger, the RCAF Commander, on Dec. 21, 2021.

“My sincere congratulations to all. These appointments reflect your significant contributions to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and they carry with them a heightened degree of expectation of your personal and professional attributes. The RCAF can only successfully deliver air and space power if we have well-led, robust, healthy and inclusive squadrons and tactical units,” stated LGen. Meinzinger in a CANFORGEN.

The RCAF’s Commander stated that as they prepare to assume these new roles within the RCAF, he challenges them to think about what they will do to make sure anyone under their command will succeed.

“You are the change agents of the RCAF, and I will depend upon you to set the example,” he added.

Meinzinger noted that he would be sharing his personal views at a future RCAF Unit Command Team Orientation Program (RUCTOP) session. But until then, command teams are expected to familiarize themselves with the RCAF navaids document.

The following CAF members were appointed:

    • 1 CDN Air Div HQ – A6 – Lieutenant-Colonel (LCol) Gina Decarie
    • JRCC Halifax OIC – Major (Maj) Chris Simm
    • JRCC Trenton OIC – Captain (Capt) (P) Marc Crivicich
    • CMCC Trenton OIC – Maj Daniel Vanderbyl
    • CFS Alert CO – Maj Kevin Doubrough (Jan – June 2022), Maj Dan Macgregor (Jul – Dec 2022), Maj Melissa Chandler (Jan – Jun 2023)
    • CFS Alert SWO – Master Warrant Officer (MWO) Peter Cook (Apr-Oct 2022)
    • 2 CDN Air Div HQ CO – Capt (P) Jeffery Mitchell
    • 2 CFASC CO – Maj Josef Sliwinski
    • 1 WG CWO – CWO Christopher Desaulniers
    • 1 WG HQ CO – Maj (P) Joel Maley
    • 1 WG HQ A3 – Maj (P) David Wood
    • 427 SOA SQN CO – LCol Matthew Snider
    • 430 ETAH CO – LCol Carl Brassard
    • 450 THS CO – LCol Rich Harris
    • 2 MSS CO – LCol Brent Maurice
    • 2 AETS CO – LCol Christian Picard
    • 4 CE SQN CO – Maj Fotios Stefatos
    • 3 WG DWCOMD – LCol Alexandre Dubois
    • 3 WG – OSS CO – LCol Maxime Renaud
    • 3 WG – MSS CO – Maj (P) Annika Roussel
    • 433 TFS CO – Maj (P) Thomas Lawrence
    • 439 CS SQN CO – Maj Yann Patoine-Bedard4 WG OSS CO – LCol George Roesler-Yue
    • 4 WG MSS CO – LCol Frederic Dubeau
    • 1 AMS CO – LCol John-Alec Bossence
    • 42 RDR SQN CO – Maj Marc Raven
    • 5 WG MSS CO – Maj Keith Stolzman
    • 7 OSS CO – LCdr Kevin Seidler
    • 436 (T) SQN CO – LCol Kyle Welsh
    • 437 (T) SQN CO – Maj Dana (P) Sliwinski
    • 440 (T) SQN CO – LCol Steve Thompson
    • 8 WG WCWO – CWO Renee Hansen
    • MS CO – LCol Caden Stiles
    • 8 WG MSS CO – LCol Natasha Bolduc
    • 9 WG WCWO – CWO Francis White
    • 9 WG DWCOMD – Capt (P) Heather Constantine
    • 103 SAR SQN CO – Maj Blair Turner
    • 12 WG WCWO – CWO Kevin Wezenbeek
    • 423 (MH) SQN CO – LCol Matthew Fraser
    • 12 WG OSS CO – Maj (P) Paul Malone
    • 14 WG OSS CO – LCol Lara Jennings
    • 405 (LRP) SQN CO – Maj (P) Dan Arsenault
    • 415 (LRPFD) SQN CO – Maj (P) Keith Fugger
    • 14 MSS CO – LCol Sonja Scanlon-Simms
    • CFSATE CO – Maj (P) Ismael Koussay
    • 17 WG WCWO – CWO Philippe Cousineau
    • 17 WG MSS CO – LCol Corinne Koekhuyt
    • 17 WG OSS CO – LCol Kevin Rubner
    • CFSSAT COMDT – Maj Shawn Dyer
    • RAWC CWO – CWO Andrew Sargent
    • 19 WG CO OSS – Maj (P) Bob Mitchel
    • 19 WG CO MSS – LCol Andrew Vandor
    • 19 WG DWCOMD – LCol Krystle Connerty
    • 19 WG AMS CO – Maj (P) Jean-Baptiste Michon
    • 407 (LRP) SQN CO – LCol Don Jamont
    • 435 (T R) SQN CO – Maj (P) Josh Leveque
    • 22 WG WCWO – CWO Didier Pignatel
    • 21 AC AND W SQN CO/CADS DO – Maj (P) John Verran
    • 414 EWS SQN CO – Maj (P) Jodi-Jane Longley

This is the first announcement of RCAF unit appointments for this coming active posting season. As soon as other appointments are finalized, further announcements will be made.

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