Allan DeQuetteville

Allan DeQuetteville
Military career
AllegianceCanada
Branch
Air Command
Service years
1963–1997
Rank
Lieutenant-General
CommandsCFB Baden-Soellingen
4 Fighter Wing
1 Canadian Air Division
Air Command
AwardsCommander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant-General Allan Marvin DeQuetteville CMM, CD is a retired Canadian air force general who was Commander, Air Command in Canada from 1995 to 1997.

Career

DeQuetteville joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1962 and trained as a fighter pilot. He flew CF-18 Hornets before becoming Base Commander at CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1985 and Commanding Officer of 4 Fighter Wing in May 1988. He went on to be Commander 1 Canadian Air Division in July 1988, Director General Force Development at the National Defence Headquarters in July 1990 and Chief of Force Development in July 1992. His last appointments were as Deputy Commander Air Command in July 1994 and Commander, Air Command in June 1995 before retiring in April 1997.

In retirement he became Vice-President (Canada) for Boeing.

Notes

  1. ↑ Known as Royal Canadian Air Force until 1968

References

  1. ↑ Top Canadian Executives
  2. 1 2 Retired Air Wing commander guest at fundraiser Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough Examiner, August 19, 2010
  3. ↑ "Commanding Officers: CFB Baden-Soellingen". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Public offices held: Allan DeQuetteville". Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  5. ↑ Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs Parliament of Canada, March 14, 2002