Jac Jansen
Jac Jansen | |
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Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force | |
15th | |
In office 29 May 2008 – 9 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | A. Marshal |
Succeeded by | A. Marshal Sander Schnitger |
Director of Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre | |
In office 1 April 2012 – 2017 | |
Preceded by | Karl-Heinz Kloos |
Succeeded by | Ian Middleton |
Chairman Supervisory Board of NLR | |
Assumed office 21 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Arie Kraaijeveld |
Chairman Netherlands Aerospace Fund Foundation | |
Assumed office 27 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Schnitger |
Personal details | |
Born | Maastricht, Netherlands | 29 February 1956
Military service | |
Allegiance | Netherlands |
Branch/service | Royal Netherlands Air Force |
Years of service | 1979–2018 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | Royal Netherlands Air Force
NATO Air Component 306 Squadron Twenthe Air Base |
Battles/wars | Operation Deny Flight Operation Allied Force |
Jac Jansen is retired Dutch Air Marshall (Lieutenant General), he was the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force in May 2008 until he left the airforce in 2012, he was director of Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre in April 2012 and left in 2017.[1] He currently Chaired the supervisory board of NLR since 21 September 2018.[2]
Jac Jansen, a lieutenant general was born February 29, 1956, in Maastricht, Limburg, he enrolled in Royal Military Academy, Breda as an officer cadet in 1975.[3]
He had his pilot training in Canada, after receiving his military pilot certificate with his conversion of the NF-5 at Twenthe Air Base in 1981, he was posted to Eindhoven Air Base in 1981 spending seven years with operational post as pilot No. 314 Squadron. He later went on to the Air Force Staff School for a high staff course in 1988 to 1990 with his conversion to the F-16 and after the completion, he was made the commanding officer of 306 Squadron in the Volkel Air Base. He later became the Section Chief for National Plans in RNLAF HQ, Hague and the chief operations officer at Twenthe Air Base during the summer of 1995, later he was assigned to as commanding officer until summer of 1996 for Dutch F-16 detachment stationed, Villafranca Air Base Italy.[4]
Commands[]
After his promotion to air commodore (brigadier general) in 1997 he was made the Twenthe Air Base Commandant until 2000 when he left for the NATO Defence College, Rome and after completing his course, he continued in Ministry of Defence Hague chaired the Defence Crisis Response Centre before posted to serves as Chief of National Plans Branch in Air Force HQ till 2004, although he was later deputy director for Plans and Policy, HQ Air Force in Hague before moving to serve as Head of Project Group SAMSON in the Ministry of Defence until in 2007 left for the NATO Air Command in Ramstein, Germany and was made the chief of staff until he was promoted to as lieutenant general in May 2008 to serves as Commander to RNLAF.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Commander of the Air Force appointed Director of Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre - News item - Government.nl". www.government.nl. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Meijer, Rachelle (2018-08-20). "Jac Jansen new Chairman Supervisory Board of NLR - NLR News". Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "New Director announced for EUROCONTROL MUAC". International Airport Review. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Network, A. T. C. (2011-12-14). "New Director announced for EUROCONTROL MUAC". www.atc-network.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. b.d. Jac Jansen | VSV". vsv.tudelft.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
External links[]
- "Jac Jansen nieuw lid raad van toezicht". LVNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- 1956 births
- Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie
- Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots
- Royal Netherlands Air Force generals
- Living people