Jean-Paul Paloméros (born 13 August 1953 in Paris) is a retired general of the French Air Force and served as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, a senior military post in NATO.

In 1973, he joined l'École de l'Air, the French Air Force Academy and qualified as a fighter pilot in 1976.

[1] He led the 2/12 Picardy Squadron in Cambrai for the 1987 Epervier operational deployment in Chad and in 1990 the 30th Fighter Wing in Reims.

[1] He headed the "Studies and Strategic Plans" Department of the French Air Force Staff in 1998.

After being promoted to Brigadier General in 2001, he was appointed as Chairman of the Capability Development Committee within the French Joint Staff and in August 2002 became the Head of the Plans and Program Division.