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Director – Aerospace Equipment Program Management (Transport)
Director – Aerospace Equipment Program Management (Transport)
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+|Col Bishop is originally from Montreal and enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 2005 as an aerospace engineer officer. After the AERE Officer Basic Course in CFB Borden, he was posted to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he held several junior officer positions at 435 (Transport & Rescue) Squadron, and at 1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters (A4 Maint AM Stds, AM Eval, and A4 Maint TptSAR).
+While in Sunny Winnipeg, he participated in domestic deployments in support of national and international operations, which included a deployment as part of the Joint Task Force Afghanistan, where he was the CC-130 Hercules aircraft maintenance officer for the Tactical Airlift Unit.
+He was then selected to be the Senior Aide-de-Camp for the Governor General, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, from 2012 to 2014. Subsequently, he was then posted to the DGAEPM as the CC-130 E/H Legacy Hercules Aircraft Engineering Officer and Senior Design Engineer from 2014 to 2016.
+From 2016 to 2018, he was posted to Beautiful British Columbia as the Commanding Officer of 19 Air Maintenance Squadron.
+In 2019, he had the privilege to be the Commandant of the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE), where he was greatly impressed by the staff and the new generation of Air Maintenance Branch members. Additionally during his time 16 Wing, he also had the privilege to be CFB Borden Pride Champion.
+Col Bishop returned to Winnipeg in 2022 and 1 CAD A4 Maint as Officer Commanding Air Maintenance Standards & Evaluation Team (OC AMSET) and in July 2023, as the Combined Air Operation Centre (CAOC) Mission Support Division Chief for the Canadian NORAD Region as well as one of the On-duty CANR Chief of Combat Operations (CCO).
+Since April 2024, Col Bishop was posted within the world of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Materiel as Director – Aerospace Equipment Program Management for the Transport fleets where he oversees the management of full lifecycle of defence weapons systems, from acquisition, through maintenance and support to disposal to meet the mandates of the RCAF.
+Col Bishop holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University and a masters in Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is also a graduate of the Canadian Forces College's Joint Command and Staff Programme, and a member of the Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng).
+Col Bishop enjoys the outdoors and is a fan of the great dynasty of the Montreal Canadiens.
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