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The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD is a four star general or admiral in the United States Armed Forces who serves as the head of all United States and Canadian joint aerospace military operational forces stationed within the North American territories The commander of NORAD concurrently serves as the commander of United States Northern Command and is the head of all U S military forces within the command s geographical area of responsibility The commander of NORAD is nominated for appointment by the President of the United States and must be confirmed by the United States Senate Prior to 2001 the title for the commander of NORAD was called the Commander in Chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command The commander of NORAD typically serves for two years No Commander Term Service branchPortrait Name Took office Left office Term length1Partridge Eagle E GeneralEarle E Partridge 1900 1990 12 September 195730 July 19591 year 321 daysU S Air Force2Kuter Laurence S GeneralLaurence S Kuter 1905 1979 1 August 195930 July 19622 years 363 daysU S Air Force3Gerhart John K GeneralJohn K Gerhart 1907 1981 1 August 196230 March 19652 years 241 daysU S Air Force4Strother Dean C GeneralDean C Strother 1908 2000 1 April 196529 July 19661 year 119 daysU S Air Force5Reeves Raymond J GeneralRaymond J Reeves 1909 1998 1 August 196631 July 19692 years 364 daysU S Air Force6McKee Seth J GeneralSeth J McKee 1916 2016 1 August 196930 September 19734 years 60 daysU S Air Force7Clay Lucius D Jr GeneralLucius D Clay Jr 1919 1994 1 October 197329 August 19751 year 332 daysU S Air Force8James Daniel Jr GeneralDaniel James Jr 1920 1978 1 September 19755 December 19772 years 95 daysU S Air Force9Hill James E GeneralJames E Hill 1921 1999 6 December 197731 December 19792 years 25 daysU S Air Force10Hartinger James V GeneralJames V Hartinger 1925 2000 1 January 198030 July 19844 years 211 daysU S Air Force11Herres Robert T GeneralRobert T Herres 1932 2008 30 July 19845 February 19872 years 190 daysU S Air Force12Piotrowski John L GeneralJohn L Piotrowski born 1934 6 February 198730 March 19903 years 52 daysU S Air Force13Kutyna Donald J GeneralDonald J Kutyna born 1933 1 April 199030 June 19922 years 90 daysU S Air Force14Horner Charles A GeneralCharles A Horner born 1936 30 June 199212 September 19942 years 74 daysU S Air Force15Ashy Joseph W GeneralJoseph W Ashy born 1940 13 September 199426 August 19961 year 348 daysU S Air Force16Estes Howell M III GeneralHowell M Estes III born 1941 27 August 199614 August 19981 year 352 daysU S Air Force17Myers Richard B GeneralRichard B Myers born 1942 14 August 199822 February 20001 year 192 daysU S Air Force18Eberhart Ralph E GeneralRalph E Eberhart born 1946 22 February 20005 November 20044 years 257 daysU S Air Force19Keating Timothy J AdmiralTimothy J Keating born 1948 5 November 200423 March 20072 years 138 daysU S Navy20Renuart Victor E Jr GeneralVictor E Renuart Jr born 1949 23 March 200719 May 20103 years 57 daysU S Air Force21Winnefeld James A Jr AdmiralJames A Winnefeld Jr born 1956 19 May 20103 August 20111 year 76 daysU S Navy22Jacoby Charles H Jr GeneralCharles H Jacoby Jr born 1954 3 August 20115 December 20143 years 124 daysU S Army23Gortney William E AdmiralWilliam E Gortney born 1955 5 December 201413 May 20161 year 160 daysU S Navy24Robinson Lori J GeneralLori J Robinson born 1959 13 May 201624 May 20182 years 11 daysU S Air Force25O Shaughnessy Terrence J GeneralTerrence J O Shaughnessy born 1964 24 May 201820 August 20202 years 88 daysU S Air Force26VanHerck Glen D GeneralGlen D VanHerck born 1962 20 August 20205 February 20243 years 169 daysU S Air Force27Guillot Gregory M GeneralGregory M Guillot5 February 2024Incumbent66 daysU S Air ForceList of deputy commanders editIn recent years deputy commanders have always been Canadian air force lieutenant generals Prior to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces the deputy commanders were RCAF Air Marshals 1 NORAD Deputy Commanders Number Name Photo Start of term End Notable positions held before or after1 Air Marshal Roy Slemon CB CBE CD nbsp 12 September 1957 14 August 1964 Chief of the Air Staff2 Air Marshal Clarence Rupert Dunlap CBE CD 15 August 1964 25 August 1967 Chief of the Air Staff3 Air Marshal William R MacBrien OBE CD 26 August 1967 22 January 19694 Lieutenant General Frederick Ralph Sharp CMM DFC CD 23 January 1969 14 September 1969 Chief of the Defence Staff 1969 1972 5 Lieutenant General Edwin Reyno September 1969 August 19726 Lieutenant General Reginald J Lane DSO DFC CD September 1972 October 19747 Lieutenant General Richard C Stovel AFC CD October 1974 September 19768 Lieutenant General David R Adamson September 1976 August 19789 Lieutenant General Kenneth E Lewis 18 August 1978 24 June 1980 Commander of Air Command10 Lieutenant General Kenneth J Thorneycroft June 1980 May 198311 Lieutenant General Donald C MacKenzie nbsp May 1983 August 198612 Lieutenant General Donald M McNaughton August 1986 August 198913 Lieutenant General Robert W Morton CMM CD August 1989 August 199214 Lieutenant General Brian L Smith August 1992 August 199415 Lieutenant General J D O Blenis August 1994 August 199516 Lieutenant General L W F Cuppens August 1995 April 199817 Lieutenant General G E C Macdonald CMM MVO CD nbsp April 1998 August 2001 Vice Chief of Defence Staff Canadian Forces 2001 2004 18 Lieutenant General Ken R Pennie CMM CD nbsp 8 August 2001 14 July 2003 Chief of the Air Staff 2003 2005 19 Lieutenant General Rick Findley CMM MSC CD nbsp 14 July 2003 2 August 200720 Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard OC CMM MSC CD nbsp 2 August 2007 10 July 200921 Lieutenant General Marcel Duval CMM CD nbsp 10 July 2009 15 August 201121 Lieutenant General Thomas J Lawson CMM CD nbsp 15 August 2011 4 September 2012 Chief of the Defence Staff22 Lieutenant General Alain Parent CMM CD nbsp 4 September 2012 1 July 201523 Lieutenant General Pierre St Amand CMM CD nbsp 1 July 2015 20 July 2018 2 24 Lieutenant General Christopher J Coates CMM MSM CD nbsp 20 July 2018 2 21 July 2020 3 25 Lieutenant General Alain Pelletier MSM CD nbsp 21 July 2020 2 2 June 202326 Lieutenant General Blaise F Frawley nbsp 2 June 2023 presentReferences edit Veale Thomas F 2008 Guarding What You Value Most North American Aerospace Defense Command Celebrating 50 Years Government Printing Office p 49 ISBN 978 0 16 080436 6 a b c NORAD TOCA NORAD Public Affairs 20 July 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 NORADCommand July 21 2020 NORAD bids a fond farewell to Lieutenant General Christopher Coates as he moves on to CFOperations and welcome ou Tweet via Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commander of NORAD amp oldid 1207091748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
