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   7530    Fletcher M. Thomson

 

 RMC 1969       

1969      Graduated BEng Chemical RMC, AERE course CFB Borden

1970-72 CFB Chatham  Armament Support Officer (Lt), CF-101 Voodoo

              Maintenance Officer (Capt)     USN Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course

1972       CF School of Management - Instructor (Montreal) (Capt)

1973        CANDEL ICCS Vietnam - 18 days held by Viet Cong (Capt)

1973-74   Post Grad Training, MSIE, Purdue University, Indiana (Capt)

1975-79    NDHQ ADM(Mat) Aviation Life Support Equipment (Maj) 

     Military Parachute qualified

1979-80    CSC6 CF Command and Staff College, Toronto (Maj)

1980-82    CFB Cold Lake SAMEO 434 Tac Ftr Sqn, (10 TAG unit) (Maj)

1982-84    SSO Support HQ 10 TAG, St-Hubert (Lcol)

     (Fighter Group formed in North Bay, so I became a helicopter guy)

1984-86    NDHQ ADM (Mat) DTHEM 6 (Tac Hel fleets + Buffalo, Twin Otter) (LCol)   

 Retired from the CF (completed 100 parachute jumps) 

1986-89     NDHQ ADM (Mat)  Flying Training Projects

1989-92     NAMSA Luxembourg -  Procurement Division

1992-96      NDHQ ADM (Mat) Director International Armaments Cooperation

1996-2002  Hanscom AFB, Boston, NATO AWACS - Senior NATO Representative

2002-2010   NDHQ Adm (Mat) Project management, Staffing Engineer Appointments  

 Retired from the Public  Service  

Summer is for cottaging, cycling and kayaking  

Winter is for Skiing, cross-country and downhill, snowshoeing and hiking (microspikes).

    Preparing for a water landing



Aylen Lake August 2021

 Top: son Ian & Monique, William & daughter Anne

Middle:  Sue & Fletch    

Front: Maxine, Sylvia, Raphael, Zeddy, Miriam

We’re back in Ottawa now since 2002, the longest at the same address ever.

Our son and family of three girls are in Ottawa.  Ian works for Oxfam Canada and Monique teaches elementary school.  Our daughter Anne is a high school teacher and social worker while William is a geologist specializing in gold mines across Canada.

Both Sue and I do lots of reading, her more than me.  We enjoy travelling and are going on several river cruises.

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