George Macdonald (Canadian general)
George Macdonald | |
|---|---|
 General Macdonald | |
| Born | 1949 or 1950 (age 74–75) |
| Allegiance |  Canada |
| Service | Air Command |
| Years of service | 1967 – 2004 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of Military Merit Canadian Forces' Decoration |
Lieutenant-General George Ehelbert Cornell Macdonald CMM, CD (born c. 1950) was Vice Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces.[1]
Military career
[edit]Educated at the University of Calgary, Macdonald joined the Canadian Forces in 1966 and served as an operational fighter pilot.[2] He held posts in Germany and Norway.[3] He became Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command in 1997 and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 2001 before retiring in 2004.[2]
Macdonald was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1978.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Outgoing leader defends Norad in post-Cold War era: (Final Edition) Diedrich, JohnView Profile. Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alta) 13 April 1998
- ^ a b "George E. C. Macdonald" (PDF). Royal Canadian Air Force Association. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "George Macdonald". Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. "CDFAI - Research Fellows". Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ McCreery, Christopher (2008). On Her Majesty's Service Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada. Dundurn Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1770702820.