Lieutenant-General Lloyd Clarke Campbell CMM, CD (born September 1947) is a retired Canadian air force general who was Chief of the Air Staff in Canada from 2000 to 2003.New commander takes charge: Lt.-Gen. Campbell wants force to take flight: [Final Edition] Mullington, Dave. Kingston Whig – Standard [Kingston, Ont] 22 July 2000: 11 / FRONT.
Career Campbell joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1965 and trained initially as a navigator, then as a fighter pilot.National Advisory Council During the NATO fighter weapons meet hosted at CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1974 he was declared NATO Top Gun. He served as Commanding Officer of 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta and by 1990 he was Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe.Interdiction and Conventional Strategy: Prevailing perceptions June 1990 He became Commanding Officer of 4 Fighter Wing and Base Commander of CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1992, Director General Force Development at National Defence Headquarters in 1993 and then Director General Strategic Planning in 1995National Defence & Veterans' Affairs House of Commons, October 23, 1997 before being appointed Commander 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region in 1998. He went on to be Chief of the Air Staff in 2000 before retiring in 2003.
As of 2026, he was Chair of Perley Health, a geriatric care facility formerly run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Honours
Ribbon Description Notes Order of Military Merit (CMM) Commander 29 May 1998 Special Service Medal With "NATO-OTAN" Clasp 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal 7 May 1992 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Canadian Version of this Medal 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Canadian Version of this Medal 2012 Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) With 2 Clasps 38 years of Service in the RCAF Legion of Merit Degree of Commander 20 December 2003 Awarded by the United States of America
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