Ken Pennie

Canadian general

Kenneth R. Pennie
Kenneth Pennie
Born	1948 or 1949 (age 74–75) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Air Command^[a]
Years of service	1966 - 2005
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron 10 Tactical Air Group Air Command
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant-General Kenneth R. Pennie, CMM, CD (born c. 1949) is a retired Canadian Air Force general. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 2003 to 2005.^[1]

Career

Pennie joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1966 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1970.^[2] He served as Commanding Officer of 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron and then became Deputy Commander of 10 Tactical Air Group in 1990, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Requirements in 1993 and Commander of 10 Tactical Air Group in 1995.^[2] He went on to be Director Force Planning and Program Coordination at National Defence Headquarters in 1997, Director General Strategic Planning at National Defence Headquarters in 1998 and Deputy Commander of NORAD in 2001, seeing intense activity in that role during the September 11 attacks,^[3] before becoming Chief of the Air Staff in 2003 and retiring in 2005.^[2]

Notes

^ Known as Royal Canadian Air Force until 1968

References

^ Winnipeg's Ken Pennie to be named to top Canadian post at Norad, Canadian Press NewsWire (Toronto), 7 August 2001
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lieutenant-General K.R. Pennie, CMM, CD Ph. D". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
^ Ken Pennie Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Tactix

Military offices
Preceded by G E C Macdonald	Deputy Commander of NORAD 2001 - 2003	Succeeded by E A Findley
Preceded by L C Campbell	Chief of the Air Staff 2003 - 2005	Succeeded by J S Lucas