Pascal CHIFFOLEAU

Pascal CHIFFOLEAU
Brigadier General
French Air Force
Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander
European Air Transport Command
Born on May 7th, 1962 in Jarville (France)
Married with Bernadette , three children
French Air Force Academy (Ecole de l’Air), Class of 1982 “Gal d’Harcourt”
Transport Pilot’s Wings awarded in 1986
C160 Transall Captain qualification in 1989
4700 flight hours logged (4000+ on C160)
1986 : Pilot on Transall, 1/61 “Touraine” Transport Squadron, Orléans AFB
1991 : Flight Safety Officer, 3/61 “ Poitou” Transport Squadron, Orléans AFB
1994 : Staff Officer at the Doctrine and Employment Section, Air Force Projection
Command
1996 : Joint Command and Staff College, Paris
1997 : Deputy Commander, 2/64 “Anjou” Transport Squadron, Evreux AFB
1999 : Commander, 2/64 “Anjou” Transport Squadron, Evreux AFB
2001 : Chief of the Employment Office, Air Force Projection Command,
Villacoublay AFB
2003 : Chief of the Air, Sea and Land Transport Office, Joint Operations Centre
(CPCO), Joint Staff Headquarters, Paris
2005 : Commander of Evreux Air Force Base
2008 : Deputy and later Chief of the Risk Management Office (BMR),
Air Force Staff, Paris
2012 : Promoted Brigadier General and Commander of Air Mobility Brigade,
Air Forces Command, Dijon AFB
Decorations :
Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (Officer, Legion of Honor)
Croix du combattant (Combatant’s Cross)
Médaille de l’aéronautique (Aeronautical Medal)
Médaille Outre-mer avec agrafes Vermeil Cambodge et Tchad (Overseas Medal
with Vermeil Clasp for Cambodia and Chad)
Médaille d’or de la Défense nationale avec agrafe transport aérien (National
Defence Medal, Gold with Airlift Clasp)
Médaille MFO au Sinaï (MFO Medal for Sinai)
Médaille ONU au Cambodge et RCA (UN Medal for Cambodia and Central Africa
Republic)
Médaille commémorative Ex-Yougoslavie (Commémorative Medal for Former
Yougoslavia)
Médaille commémorative Koweit (Commemorative Medal for Kuwait)
Médaille commémorative Arabie Saoudite (Commemorative Medal for Saudi
Arabia)