Brigadier General John Alexander

Brigadier-General John Alexander enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989 under the Direct Entry Officer program. Upon completion of pilot training, he was assigned to 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron flying the CH-135 Twin Huey.

Subsequent postings included 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (CH135 and CH146 Griffon); Joint Task Force Two as the Aviation Liaison Officer; exchange pilot with 33 Squadron Royal Air Force (Puma HC1 helicopter); 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron as the Deputy Commanding Officer; Headquarters' Commanding Officer Canadian Special Operations Forces Command in Ottawa; Commanding Officer of 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron; Director Structures Integration 7 under Director General Capabilities & Structures Integration; Commander of Operation Calumet to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai, Egypt; and, Director Flight Safety.

Tours of operations include Bosnia (2002-3), the War in Iraq (2003, 2005), Northern Ireland (2004) and the Multinational Force & Observers (2015-16).

Brigadier-General Alexander is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario (Bachelor of Arts 1989), Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) Kingston, (Masters of Defence Studies - 2009) and the NATO Defence College Rome (2015).

Brigadier-General Alexander was appointed to his current position, Commander, 2 Canadian Air Division on 8 July 2022.