Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
Chef d'État-Major de L'Armée de l'Air | |
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Logo of the Armée de l'Air since 24 March 2010 | |
French Air Force | |
Reports to | CEMA |
Formation | 1934 |
Deputy | Major Général de de l'Armée de l'Air |
Website | L'Armée de L'Air |
The Chief of the Staff of the French Air Force (French: Chef d'état-major de l'Armée de l'Air, CEMAA) is in France the officer commanding this army. The French Air Force (French: Armée de l'air française) became independent in 1934, making way after the "Aéronautique militaire" which was dependent of the French Army. The Air Chief CEMAA is a direct subordinate of the Chief of the general staff headquarters of the Armies CEMA.
Holders
Chiefs of the general staff headquarters of the Aerial Forces
- général de division Henry Michaud : 5 October 1930 – 3 January 1931
- général de division Joseph Barès : 4 January 1931 – 26 August 1931
- général de division Emile Hergault : 27 August 1931 – 15 January 1933
- général de division Joseph Barès : 16 January 1933 – 1 April 1933
Chiefs of the general staff headquarters of the French Air Force
- général de division Victor Denain : 1 April 1933 – 8 February 1934
- général de division aérienne Joseph Barès : 15 February 1934 – 2 September 1934
- général Picard : 3 September 1934 – 25 December 1935[1]
- général de division aérienne Bertrand Pujo : 26 December 1935 – 14 October 1936
- général Philippe Féquant : 15 October 1936 – 21 February 1938
- général d'armée aérienne Joseph Vuillemin : 22 February 1938 – 4 July 1940[2]
- général de corps aérien Robert Odic : 10 September 1940 – 25 September 1940[3]
Chief of the general staff headquarters of the Vichy French Air Force
- général de division aérienne Jean Romatet : 23 September 1940 – 21 December 1942
Commander of Aerial Forces of Free France (FAFL, general headquarters based in London)
- vice-amiral Emile Muselier : July 1940 – June 1941
- général de brigade aérienne Martial Valin : 10 July 1941 – June 1944
Chiefs of the general staff headquarters of the Aerial Forces of Free France (FAFL - London)
- captain Eugène-Marcel Chevrier : 1 July 1940 – 25 December 1940
- lieutenant-colonel Charles-Félix Pijaud : 13 January 1941 – 30 March 1941
- général de brigade aérienne Martial Valin : 31 March 1941 – 9 July 1941
- lieutenant-colonel Charles-Félix Pijaud : 10 July 1941 – 30 November 1941
- colonel Charles Luguet : 1 December 1941 – 13 April 1942
- colonel Pierre Coustey : April 1942 – March 1943
- colonel Georges Andrieu : 13 April 1943 – November 1944
Chief of the general staff headquarters of the Aerial Forces
- général de division aérienne Jean-François Jannekeyn : 19 March 1942 – 27 February 1943
Chiefs of general staff headquarters of the French Air Force
- général d'armée aérienne René Bouscat[4]: 1 July 1943 – 30 October 1944
- général d'armée aérienne Martial Valin : 31 October 1944 – 27 February 1946
- général d'armée aérienne René Bouscat : 28 February 1946 – 6 September 1946
- général de division aérienne Paul Gérardot : 7 September 1946 – 14 February 1947
- général de division aérienne Jean-Ludy Piollet : 15 February 1947 – 31 January 1948
- général de corps aérien Charles Lecheres : 1 February 1948 – 19 August 1953[5]
Chiefs of the general staff headquarters of the French Air Force
- général d'armée aérienne Pierre Fay : 20 August 1953 – 21 March 1955
- général de corps aérien Paul Bailly : 22 March 1955 – 16 March 1958[6]
- général d'armée aérienne Max Gelée : 17 March 1958 – 30 September 1958
- général d'armée aérienne Edmond Jouhaud : 1 October 1958 – 14 March 1960[7]
- général d'armée aérienne Paul Stehlin : 15 March 1960 – 30 September 1963[8]
- général d'armée aérienne André Martin : 1 October 1963 – 26 February 1967
- général d'armée aérienne Philippe Maurin : 27 February 1967 – 12 December 1969
- général d'armée aérienne Gabriel Gauthier : 13 December 1969 – 11 December 1972
- général d'armée aérienne Claude Grigaut : 12 December 1972 – 23 June 1976
- général d'armée aérienne Maurice Saint-Cricq : 24 June 1976 – 15 July 1979
- général d'armée aérienne Guy Fleury : 16 July 1979 – 16 October 1982
- général d'armée aérienne Bernard Capillon : 11 June 1982 – 16 October 1986
- général d'armée aérienne Achille Lerche : 16 October 1986 – 24 April 1989
- général d'armée aérienne Jean Fleury : 24 April 1989 – 1 December 1991
- général d'armée aérienne Vincent Lanata : 2 December 1991 – 1 July 1994[9]
- général d'armée aérienne Jean-Philippe Douin : 1 July 1994 – 1 September 1995
- général d'armée aérienne Jean Rannou : 1 September 1995 – 1 July 2000
- général d'armée aérienne Jean-Pierre Job : 1 July 2000 – 1 September 2002[10]
- général d'armée aérienne Richard Wolsztynski : 1 September 2002 – 15 July 2006[11]
- général d'armée aérienne Stéphane Abrial : 16 July 2006 – 24 August 2009[12]
- général d'armée aérienne Jean-Paul Paloméros : 25 August 2009 – 16 September 2012[13]
- général d'armée aérienne Denis Mercier : 17 September 2012 – 21 September 2015
- général d'armée aérienne André Lanata : since 21 September 2015
See also
- Chief of the General Staff Headquarters of the Armies (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées, CEMA)
- Chief of Staff of the French Army (French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée de Terre, CEMAT)
- Chief of Staff of the French Navy (French: Chef d'État-Major de la Marine, CEMM)
- Direction générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale (French: Direction Générale de la Gendarmerie nationale (DGGN)) in liaison
- French Special Operations Command (French: Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (COS))
- Major (France)
- Strategic Air Forces Command
References
- ↑ "GENERAL PICARD; Chief of 'the French Air Force General Staff Until 1940". The New York Times. 14 August 1943. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "French Air Staff Chief Will Make Visit to Reich". The New York Times. 22 July 1938. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "General Odic Joins Free French". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 November 1941. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ Chief of Staff of French Aerial Forces on July 1943, he merged the Free French Air Forces with the Vichy French Air Force. René Bouscat was a Général d'Armée Aérienne Chief of Staff of the French Air Force from July 1 1943 until October 30 1944 and then from February 28 1946 until September 6 1946.
- ↑ "Foes of Laos In Regrouping". The Baltimore Sun. 3 May 1953. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "French Air Force Staff Chief Resigns". St. Petersburg Independent. 14 March 1958. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "O.A.S. Leader Denies Part in Hold-up". The Age. 13 April 1962. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "GEN. PAUL STEHLIN OF FRANCE, 67, DIES; Figured in the Controversy on New Fighter Plane". The New York Times. 23 June 1975. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "U.N. inspectors begin first inspection of Iraq since start of 'no-fly' zone". The Robesonian. 1 September 1992. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "Chinese defence minister discusses cooperation with French air force chief". BBC News. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ↑ "French Air Force delegation visits Vietnam". BBC News. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ↑ Bill Sizemore (9 September 2009). "French general to assume top NATO post in U.S." Virginia-Pilot. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ Tim Hepher (14 November 2009). "Britain, France pressure Airbus on A400M". Reuters. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
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