Kenneth Lewis (general)

Lieutenant-General Kenneth Edward Lewis CMM, CD (c. 1929 – February 4, 1992) was a Canadian air force general who was Commander, Air Command in Canada from 1980 to 1983.[1]

Kenneth Lewis
Bornc. 1929
Wood River, Alberta, Canada
Died (aged 62)
Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
Allegiance Canada
Service/branchAir Command[lower-alpha 1]
Years of serviceLate 1940s-1983
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldAir Command
AwardsCommander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces Decoration

Career

A native of Ponoka, Alberta,[2] Lewis joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in the late 1940s and, after graduating from the Royal Military College of Canada, trained as a pilot. He became Commandant of the Royal Roads Military College in 1968 and, after serving in various senior staff positions, became Deputy Commander NORAD in 1978[3] and Commander, Air Command in 1980 before retiring in 1983.[4]

In retirement he became President of The Aerospace Industry Association of Canada.[5] He died of prostate cancer in 1992 at the age of 62.[6][7]

Notes
  1. Known as Royal Canadian Air Force until 1968

References
  1. "The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, · Page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ACROSS CANADA Air force commander to retire The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 26 Jan 1983: P.9.
  3. A Brief History of Norad, p. 35 Archived 2015-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. A long forgotten piece of history The Voxair, 17 Wing Winnipeg, 17 June 2009, p. 5
  5. The Week In The Contact Newspaper, CFB Trenton, 2005
  6. Air Force Blue. p. 67. ISBN 9780973739015.
  7. "Obituaries". Ottawa Citizen. February 5, 1992. p. 38. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
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