Lieutenant-General Fred Sutherland CMM, CD (born February 1942) is a Canadian retired air force general who was Commander, Air Command from 1989 to 1991 and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1991 to 1992.
Sutherland joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1960[1] and, after graduating from the Royal Military College of Canada, trained as a fighter pilot.
[2] He became Commanding Officer of 439 Tactical Fighter Squadron at CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1976, Executive Assistant to the Commander, Air Command in 1978 and Director of Air Operations, Training and Nuclear Weapons at the National Defence Headquarters in 1980.
[2] In retirement he became Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the Province of Manitoba and then Corporate Vice-President Human Resources with McCain Foods.
[1] He was a Founder and Senior Mentor of the National Security Program (NSP) at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto from 1997 retiring in 2020.