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Alexander Donald Meinzinger is a retired senior

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officer who was Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 2018 until 2022.

Career

Meinzinger joined the Canadian Forces in 1985 through the Regular Officer Training Plan where he received a

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in Economics and Commerce from the

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. After serving as commander of 403 (Helicopter) Operational Training Squadron, he was deployed to

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as commander of Canada's Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing in 2011. He went on to be Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy and Plans at

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in June 2012, commandant of the

in July 2013 and Deputy Commander of the

in May 2015. After that he became Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff in March 2017 and Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force in May 2018. Meinzinger retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in August 2022.

Military awards

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Royal Canadian Air Force - Lieutenant-General A.D. Meinzinger, CMM, MSM, CD
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meinzinger, Al Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Royal Canadian Air Force generals Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)