Aug 20 2019

AIRCOM welcomes Lieutenant General Pascal Delerce as new Deputy Commander

French Lieutenant General Pascal Delerce is the new Deputy Commander of Allied Air Command.

On 19 August, General Delerce officially arrived at the headquarters and was welcomed by the Chief of Staff, Major General Karsten Stoye, and an honour guard. General Delerce joined NATO’s Allied Air Command after his previous assignment as Deputy Commander of the French Air Force Command at Bordeaux-Merignac. He is an experienced pilot who has flown more than 2,500 flying hours on Mirage F1C and Mirage 2000 including more than one hundred combat missions over Chad, Iraq and Kosovo.

The position of Deputy Commander at Allied Air Command is alternatingly filled by a French and a British three-star general. The headquarters staff bid farewell to General Delerce’s predecessor, Air Marshal Stu Evans, on Friday, 15 August, in a traditional walk-out ceremony after three years in office.

Story by Allied Air Command Public Affairs Office

Lieutenant General Pascal Delerce, French Air Force (centre) is welcomed at Allied Air Command by the Chief of Staff, Major General Karsten Stoye, German Air Force. Photo by Christian Timmig

The new Deputy Commander Allied Air Command Lieutenant General Pascal Delerce, French Air Force, at his office desk. Photo by Christian Timmig

Air Marshal Stu Evans, outgoing Deputy Commander (second from left), shakes hands with his successor, Lieutenant General Pascal Delerce, (right) during the walk-out ceremony as Major General Karsten Stoye (second from right) and Brigadier General Ismail Üner (left) are looking on. Photo by Christian Timmig