Brigadier General Gilles "Matos" Juventin, French Air and Space Force, has been Deputy Chief of Staff Support at NATO's Headquarters Allied Air Command (HQ AIRCOM) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, since August 2022.
He is responsible to the Chief of Staff for directing, monitoring and coordinating support staff functions and developing and implementing policy related to support issues. He advises the Commander, through the Chief of Staff regarding all support issues. He undertakes operational duties supporting AIRCOM in its power projection role by supporting the activation and/or deployment of AIRCOM capabilities as well as the preparation of the HQ for its deployment requirements.
He joined the French Air Force Academy in 1987 and graduated as a Fighter pilot in 1991. He has over 3,000 flying hours, including 2,500 on F16, Mirage 2000 and Mirage F1.
1991 Fighter Pilot, 02.012 Fighter Squadron, Cambrai AB, France
1995 Commander, Mirage 2000 Simulator Center, 02.012 Fighter Squadron, Cambrai AB
1996 French Liaison Officer, F16 exchange pilot, 522nd FS, Cannon AFB, USA
1999 Commander, Air-to-Air Missiles Division, OT&E Center, Mont-de-Marsan, France
2002 Student, Joint Defense College, Paris, France
2003 05.330 Fighter Squadron Commander, OT&E Center, Mont-de-Marsan,France
2006 Deputy Commander, A5 and A3 Divisions, Air Operations Staff, Paris, France
2008 Air Operations Division Commander, Air Operations Staff, Paris, France
2010 J5 Deputy commander for Europe and North Africa, CPCO, Paris, France
2012 Instructor, Joint Operations Planning, French Joint War College, Paris, France
2015 Deputy Commander, Air Operations Staff, Paris, France
2017 Homeland Defence Director, Operations Directorate of the French Joint Staff, Paris, France
2019 Deputy Commander of the Operations Directorate of the French Joint Staff, Paris, France
2021 Chief of Staff, French Air and Space Force Inspection Agency, Paris, France
Since August 2022 Deputy Chief of Staff Support at NATO's Headquarters Allied Air Command (HQ AIRCOM) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany
OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS
1993 – Saudi Arabia, Dhahran AB, Op. Southern Watch (Iraq)
1994 – Italy – Op. Deny Flight (Bosnia)
1995 – Saudi Arabia, Dhahran AB, Op. Southern Watch (Iraq)
1996 – Italy – Op. Joint Endeavor (Bosnia), Flight Cdr
1997 – Qatar, Op. Southern Watch, 522nd FS, F16 French exchange pilot
1998 – Kuwait, Op. Desert Fox / Op. Southern Watch, 522nd FS, F16 French exchange pilot
2002 – Taiwan, Director of the first Mirage 2000 Instructor Pilot Course
2007 – Qatar, ISAF/OEF - French Detachment Commander, in charge of the French Joint Air Operations planning in Afghanistan
2007 – Afghanistan – ISAF - Kandahar AB – French Detachment Commander, in charge of the initial deployment of the French Fighter Squadron
2009 – Afghanistan – ISAF - Bagram AB, French Detachment Commander, in charge of the initial deployment of the French UAV Squadron
2011 – Paris, CPCO – Deputy J5, Strategic military planning in Libya
2013 – Mali, Op. Serval – Joint Force Commander - Senior Advisor for Strategy
2016 – Qatar, Op. Inherent Resolve, French Senior National Representative
MAJOR DECORATIONS
Officer, French Legion of Honor
Officer, French National Order of Merit
French Aeronautical Medal
French Cross for Military Valor with Bronze Star
(Biography current as of August 2022)