Alain Parent | |
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| Service/ | Royal Canadian Air Force [lower-alpha 1] |
| Years of service | 1979-2018 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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Lieutenant General Joesph Alain Jacques Parent [1] CMM CD is a retired senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer, who served as acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2017 until his retirement in June 2018. [2]
Parent joined the Canadian Forces in 1979. Following certification of his pilot training in 1985, he flew a variety of Air Command helicopter and accrued over 4900 hours of flying on the CH-136 Kiowa, CH-135 Twin Huey and the CH-146 Griffon. [3]
Parent became Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division in July 2011. He served as the Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from 2012 [4] and was appointed acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff on 30 May 2017. [5]
He is married and has two children.
Parent's personal awards and decorations include the following:
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
 | Order of Military Merit (CMM) | |
 | 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal |
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 | Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) |
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 | Meritorious Service Medal (United States) | |
He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the RCAF Flight wings Command Commendation
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