Michael Hood

Michael Hood
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1988 – Present
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Commands held	429 Tactical Airlift Squadron 436 Tactical Airlift Squadron 8 Wing Trenton Royal Canadian Air Force
Awards	Canadian Forces Decoration

Lieutenant-General Michael J. Hood CD is a senior commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force and its current professional head.

Career

Hood joined the regular Canadian Forces in 1988.^[1] After serving as commanding officer of 429 Tactical Airlift Squadron and then of 436 Tactical Airlift Squadron, he became Plans Officer at Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Headquarters in January 2006 and then became Commander of 8 Wing Trenton in June 2007.^[1] He went on to be Director General Air Force Development in 2009, Deputy Director General of International Security Policy in June 2011 and Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 2012.^[2] After that he became Director of Staff for the Strategic Joint Staff in June 2013^[3] and Commander of Royal Canadian Air Force in July 2015.^[4]

References

1. "Michael Hood" (PDF). RIMPAC 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
2. "New commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force announced". Aviation. 11 February 2015.
3. "Maj.-Gen. Mike Hood next commander of Royal Canadian Air Force". CBC News. 11 February 2015.
4. "Lieutenant-General Michael Hood: Change of command ceremony speech". Royal Canadian Air Force. Retrieved 10 July 2015.