Lieutenant-General William Angus Watt,
CMM,
CD is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
retired air force general who was
Chief of the Air Staff from 2007 to 2009. He formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of the
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.
Career
Watt joined the
Canadian Forces
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in 1972 and, after graduating from the
Royal Military College Saint-Jean
, mottoeng = Truth, Duty, Valour
, established = 1952
, type = Military college
, chancellor = Anita Anand (''ex officio'' as Defence Minister)
, principal = Command ...
in 1977, trained as a pilot before flying
Sea King helicopters
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
.
[Executive Team]
CATSA
He served as commanding officer of
423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron
423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron (French: ) is a unit of the Canadian Forces under Royal Canadian Air Force. It currently operates the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone from CFB Shearwater in Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
No. 423 Squadron RCAF was a World ...
before becoming commander of Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (for Operation Apollo) in 2002, director of operations at
NORAD in 2004 and then deputy commander of the
International Security Assistance Force
' ps, کمک او همکاري '
, allies = Afghanistan
, opponents = Taliban Al-Qaeda
, commander1 =
, commander1_label = Commander
, commander2 =
, commander2_label =
, commander3 =
, command ...
in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
in 2006. He went on to be
Chief of the Air Staff in 2007 before retiring in 2009.
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He became president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority in 2012.][
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Honours
* He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the Royal Air Canadian Forces Pilot Wings.
References
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Living people
Royal Military College Saint-Jean alumni
Canadian Forces Air Command generals
Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)
Year of birth missing (living people)