Blaise Frawly

About

Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Blaise Frawley joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1985. He is an RCAF pilot with over 3000 hours on the F/A-18 Hornet including combat missions over the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Kosovo. He has held many staff, operational flying, command and overseas positions including an F/A-18 exchange tour with the USMC, Commanding Officer of 410 Sqn, Cold Lake AB, Commander of 17 Wing Winnipeg, the Combined Forces Air Component Commander for Exercise RIMPAC 16, the Director General of Space, Deputy Commander of the RCAF, the Deputy Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, and as the Deputy Commander of NORAD. LGen (ret’d) Frawley is a graduate of the Fighter Weapons Instructor course and the Fighter Electronic Warfare Advanced Radar course. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto and the USAF Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He holds a Bachelor of Military Arts and Sciences from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the USAF Air University. With over 40 years of service to his country, he retired from active-duty service in October of 2025.