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David Nevill Kinsman CMM, CD (born 1945/1946) is a

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retired air force general who was Chief of the Air Staff in Canada from 1997 to 2000.

Career

Educated at

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, Kinsman joined the

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; ) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Can ...

in 1963 and trained as a fighter pilot. He flew

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s with

416 Tactical Fighter Squadron 416 "City of Oshawa" Tactical Fighter Squadron (416 TFS) was a unit of the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron operated the CF-18 Hornet fighter jet from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, Canada. In 2006, 416 TFS stood down ...

and with

425 Tactical Fighter Squadron 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron (, also "Alouette" () Squadron, is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It operates McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet, CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec, Canada. The squadron was originally for ...

. He served as Commanding Officer of

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, Deputy Commander of the

CF-18 Hornet The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New ...

Detachment in

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and as Director of Air Studies at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in

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. He went on to be Commander of

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in 1986, Commander of 14 Training Group at

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in 1988 and Chief of Staff Operations at Air Command Headquarters in 1990. After that he became Commander of the Fighter Group and Canadian

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Region in 1994, Director General Manpower Utilization in 1995 and Assistant Deputy Minister for Personnel in 1996Minutes of Proceedings
Parliament of Canada, March 20, 1997 before becoming Chief of the Air Staff in 1997 and retiring in 2000.

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