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Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF

Speiser-Blanchet comes from Chicoutimi, Que., and is now the 22nd commander of the RCAF.

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Jamie Speiser-Blanchet comes from Chicoutimi, Que., and is now the 22nd commander of the RCAF.


OTTAWA - Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet made history Thursday by becoming the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian Air Force.

She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum presided over by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan.

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