Command of 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian NORAD Region, Joint Force Air Component and Search and Rescue Region Trenton was passed from Major-General Eric Kenny to Major-General Iain Huddleston today in a ceremony at the Billy Bishop Building, 17 Wing/CFB Winnipeg. General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander North American Aerospace Defense Command, Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command, presided.
MGen Huddleston arrives in Winnipeg having most recently served as Chief of Staff, Canadian Joint Operations Command in Ottawa. He began his career flying CP-140 Aurora Long Range Patrol aircraft and later served on exchange with the Royal Air Force where he flew Nimrod MR2 aircraft. He is a former commander of 429 Transport Squadron, and led the squadron when the RCAF first began operating the CC-177 Globemaster aircraft. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 as the Kandahar Airfield NATO plans officer. He also has deployments to Oman and Iraq with the RAF. He commanded 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia in 2013 and led in the operational debut of the current Block III Aurora. A graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom, he has previously served as Deputy Commander Force Generation and then Deputy Commander at 1 Canadian Air Division and also as Director General Air and Space Readiness at RCAF headquarters.
