Lieutenant-General (Retired) Eric Kenny served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from 2022 to 2025.

A CF-18 fighter pilot and instructor with 36 years of service to Canada, Lieutenant-General Kenny held command positions across Canada and around the world. He took part in combat missions in Kosovo and Libya, and commanded Canadian air forces during Operation IMPACT, Canada’s counter-ISIS campaign in Iraq.

Before his appointment as Commander RCAF, Lieutenant-General Kenny served as Commanding Officer of 409 TFS in Cold Lake, Commander of 4 Wing Cold Lake, and Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region in Winnipeg. As a Brigadier-General, he held the positions of Deputy Commander Force Generation at 1 Canadian Air Division and subsequently as Director General Air Readiness at RCAF Headquarters in Ottawa.

Lieutenant-General Kenny joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989 and graduated from the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada with a degree in Computer Engineering. He holds a Master of Defence Studies from RMC and is a graduate of the NATO Tactical Leadership Program, Canadian Forces College Joint Command and Staff Program, and United States Air Force Air War College, among others.