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Donald Malcolm McNaughton CMM, CD (born August 1934) is a

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retired air force general who was Commander, Air Command in Canada from 1985 to 1986.NORAD's Deputy Commander; Coming home to Perth: (Final Edition) Payne, Elizabeth. The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario) 17 September 1989

Career

McNaughton joined the

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...

in 1952 and trained as a fighter pilot flying

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aircraft. He became Commanding Officer of 427 Squadron in 1973, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations Support at Mobile Command in 1974 and Deputy Commander of 10 Tactical Air Group in 1975 (during which posting he served as Deputy Commander of the Canadian

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contingent in the Middle East). He went on to be Base Commander of

CFB Winnipeg Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg , (CFB Winnipeg) is a Royal Canadian Air Force base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Co-located at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight opera ...

in 1977, Director General in the Air Branch in the

National Defence Headquarters National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) ( French: ''Quartiers généraux de la Défense nationale'' (''QGDN'')) was created through the integration of Canadian Armed Forces Headquarters (CAF HQ) with the civilian Department of National Defence (DN ...

in 1978 and Commander of 10 Tactical Air Group in 1981. After that he became Deputy Commander, Air Command in 1982, Commander, Air Command in 1985 and Deputy Commander of

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...

in 1986 before retiring in 1989.

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