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Fred Sutherland CMM, CD (born February 1942) is a

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retired air force general who was Commander, Air Command from 1989 to 1991 and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1991 to 1992.

Career

Sutherland joined the

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in 19608 Wing / CFB Trenton to host leadership seminar
The Contact, March 27, 2009 and, after graduating from the

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, trained as a fighter pilot.Squadron Honorary Colonel - Lieutenant-General F.R. Sutherland, CMM, CD (Ret'd)
e-Veritas, 2005 He became Commanding Officer of 439 Tactical Fighter Squadron at

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in 1976, Executive Assistant to the Commander, Air Command in 1978 and Director of Air Operations, Training and Nuclear Weapons at the

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in 1980. He went on to be Commander of

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in July 1982, was seconded to the Privy Council Office in July 1984 and became Chief of Personnel Development at the National Defence Headquarters in July 1986. His last appointments were as Commander, Air Command in August 1989 and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in August 1991 before retiring in June 1992. In retirement he became Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the

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and then Corporate Vice-President Human Resources with

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. He was a Founder and Senior Mentor of th
National Security Program
(NSP) at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto from 1997 retiring in 2020.

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