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词条 David Huddleston (Canadian general)
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  1. Career

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Lieutenant-General David Huddleston CMM, MSC, CD is a Canadian retired air force general who was Commander, Air Command in Canada from 1991 to 1993.

Career

Huddleston joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1962 and trained on Lockheed T-33 jet trainers.[1] He became Associate Deputy Minister (Policy) at the Department of National Defence in 1986[2] and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff at the National Defence Headquarters in 1989[3] and, in the latter role, was responsible for the formation of the Joint Staff (or 'J Staff') who were to be the primary Canadian Forces strategic planning and coordination organ.[4] This innovation was applied during the Gulf War in 1990 and, for leading Canada's deployment in that war, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross.[5] He went on to be Commander, Air Command later that year before retiring in 1993.[1]

In retirement he worked for Bombardier Inc.[6]

References

1. ^Saving the Wild Mustangs
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=kH6TAWUst5EC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=D+Huddleston+canadian+forces&source=bl&ots=wv2cOghXSj&sig=C3OJt81pZ8vvrvHCwUsSkjv6LBM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QGo_UseBKcPS0QWOkoDYCw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgy#v=onepage&q=D%20Huddleston%20canadian%20forces&f=false The Diffusion of Military Technology and Ideas edited by Emily O. Goldman, p. 103]
3. ^Canadian Chinooks to be retired Flight Global, February 1991
4. ^Haze: joint planning in the Canadian Forces from Mobile Command to J-Staff, 1975-1991 (Part 1)
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=4drL0pEFUDYC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=colonel+David+Huddleston+Canada&source=bl&ots=IYC3UUke4b&sig=XbIa8JlR_FiwJhz-HKXHERvVPno&hl=en&sa=X&ei=42U_UtbeE7Gk0AWqh4CYCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=colonel%20David%20Huddleston%20Canada&f=false Operation Friction 1990-1991: The Canadian Forces in the Persian Gulf by Jean H. Morin, p. 272]
6. ^The C.D. Howe Award / Le Prix C.D. Howe
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