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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jets Sign Defenceman Isaak Phillips to Two-Year Contract
First woman to lead Canada's air force exhilarated, but honest about challenges ahead Lt-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet was sworn in as the first woman in history to take command of the Royal Canadian Air Force. She says she is exhilarated and optimistic and honoured to take on the role while being "grounded in reality' about the challenges ahead. She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony in Ottawa presided over by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan. (July 10, 2025) 1:50 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Egor Dëmin dials from long distance
First woman to lead Canada's air force exhilarated, but honest about challenges ahead Lt-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet was sworn in as the first woman in history to take command of the Royal Canadian Air Force. She says she is exhilarated and optimistic and honoured to take on the role while being "grounded in reality' about the challenges ahead. She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony in Ottawa presided over by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan. (July 10, 2025) 1:50 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Montreal Gazette
10-07-2025
- General
- Montreal Gazette
Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet of Chicoutimi becomes first woman to lead RCAF
OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet has become the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian 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 on Thursday. Kenny is retiring after three-and-a-half decades of service in the air force. Speiser-Blanchet, a Chicoutimi native, 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.
CTV News
10-07-2025
- General
- CTV News
Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the Royal Canadian Air Force
Two F-35 Lightning fighter aircraft participate in a flypast celebrating the RCAF centennial on Canada Day, July 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet has become the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian 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 The Canadian Press was first published July 10, 2025. Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press
Canada Standard
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Canada Standard
Royal Canadian Air Force to unveil names and liveries for Future Aircrew Training program aircraft
May 26, 2025 - Ottawa - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Following the Government of Canada's May 2024 announcement of the acquisition of 71 new aircraft as part of the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program, Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, will unveil the aircrafts' official names and liveries (paint schemes) at CANSEC 25. The FAcT program, operated in collaboration with SkyAlyne, is the next-generation RCAF Aircrew training initiative, worth $11.2 billion, that will enable aviators to operate aircraft for Canada's rapidly modernizing Air Force over the next 25 years. What: The official names and liveries (paint schemes) for the training fleets being procured as part of the Future Aircrew Training program will be unveiled. Who: Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force When: 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Where: The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries' CANSEC 2025, the media availability area, directly outside the CANSEC Media Room at the entrance to Hall 2, EY Centre 4899 Uplands Dr, Ottawa, ON Notes to editor / news director: Media interested in attending must be registered with CANSEC 2025. Royal Canadian Air Force Links Royal Canadian Air Force Facebook Royal Canadian Air Force X
