4 Wing Cold Lake Joseph Pierre Julien St-Amand CMM CD is a retired Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General.
[2] He previously commanded 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 4 Wing, and 1 Canadian Air Division,[3] and was SHAPE Director of Strategic Planning between 2010 and 2011.
During his tenure at SHAPE, St-Amand oversaw strategic planning for Operation Unified Protector.
[5] St-Amand joined the Canadian Armed Forces in June 1981 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1986 with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering.
He attended and graduated from the Air War College with a master's degree in strategic studies and a certificate of Practitioner of Joint Warfare.
[9] St-Amand retired from the RCAF and was replaced by Lieutenant General Christopher J. Coates at his NORAD post in July 2018.