Commanders-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command

The NORAD commander-in-chief is always a United States Department of Defense four-star General or equivalent confirmed by the US Senate and is also in command of USNORTHCOM, while the Deputy Commander is always Canadian. Since 2004 commanders have included Admirals.

NORAD Commanders

Number	Name	Photo	Start of term	End	Subsequent position(s)
1	General Earle E. Partridge, USAF		1957	1959	Head, National Command and Control Task Force[1]
2	General Laurence S. Kuter, USAF		1959	1962
3	General John K. Gerhart, USAF		1962	1965
4	General Dean C. Strother, USAF		1965	1966
5	General Raymond J. Reeves, USAF		1966	1969
6	General Seth J. McKee, USAF		1969	1973
7	General Lucius D. Clay, Jr., USAF		1973	1975
8	General Daniel James, Jr., USAF		1975	1977
9	General James E. Hill, USAF		1977	1979
10	General James V. Hartinger, USAF		1980	1984
11	General Robert T. Herres, USAF		1984	1987	1st Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1987–1990)
12	General John L. Piotrowski, USAF		1987	1990
13	General Donald J. Kutyna, USAF		1990	1992
14	General Charles A. "Chuck" Horner, USAF		June, 1992	September, 1994
15	General Joseph W. Ashy, USAF		September, 1994	August, 1996
16	General Howell M. Estes III, USAF		August, 1996	14 August 1998
17	General Richard B. Myers, USAF		14 August 1998	22 February 2000	5th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2000–2001) 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2001–2005)
18	General Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart, USAF		22 February 2000	5 November 2004
19	Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN		5 November 2004	23 March 2007	Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (2007–2009)
20	General Victor E. Renuart Jr., USAF		23 March 2007	19 May 2010
21	Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN		19 May 2010	3 August 2011	5th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011–2015)
22	General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., USA		3 August 2011	5 December 2014
23	Admiral Bill Gortney, USN		5 December 2014	13 May 2016
24	General Lori Robinson, USAF		13 May 2016

Deputy commanders

In recent years deputy commanders have always been Canadian air force lieutenant generals. Prior to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, the deputy commanders were RCAF Air Marshals.^[2]

NORAD Deputy Commanders

Number	Name	Photo	Start of term	End	Notable positions held before or after
1	Air Marshal Roy Slemon, CB, CBE, CD		12 September 1957	14 August 1964	Chief of the Air Staff
2	Air Marshal Clarence Rupert Dunlap, CBE, CD		15 August 1964	25 August 1967	Chief of the Air Staff
3	Air Marshal William R. MacBrien OBE, CD		26 August 1967	22 January 1969
4	Lieutenant-General Frederick Ralph Sharp CMM, DFC, CD		23 January 1969	14 September 1969	Chief of the Defence Staff (1969–1972)
5	Lieutenant-General Edwin Reyno		September 1969	August 1972
6	Lieutenant-General Reginald J. Lane, DSO, DFC, CD		September 1972	October 1974
7	Lieutenant-General Richard C. Stovel, AFC, CD		October 1974	September 1976
8	Lieutenant-General David R. Adamson		September 1976	August 1978
9	Lieutenant-General Kenneth E. Lewis		18 August 1978	24 June 1980	Commander of Air Command
10	Lieutenant-General Kenneth J. Thorneycroft		June 1980	May 1983
11	Lieutenant-General Donald C. MacKenzie		May 1983	August 1986
12	Lieutenant-General Donald M. McNaughton		August 1986	August 1989
13	Lieutenant-General Robert W. Morton, CMM, CD		August 1989	August 1992
14	Lieutenant-General Brian L. Smith		August 1992	August 1994
15	Lieutenant-General J. D. O'Blenis		August 1994	August 1995
16	Lieutenant-General L. W. F. Cuppens		August 1995	April 1998
17	Lieutenant-General G C Macdonald, CMM, MVO, CD		April 1998	August 2001	Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Forces (2001-2004)
18	Lieutenant-General Ken R. Pennie, CMM, CD		8 August 2001	14 July 2003	Chief of the Air Staff (2003–2005)
19	Lieutenant-General Rick Findley, CMM, MSC, CD		14 July 2003	2 August 2007
20	Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, OC, CMM, MSC, CD		2 August 2007	10 July 2009
21	Lieutenant-General Marcel Duval, CMM, CD		10 July 2009	15 August 2011
21	Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Lawson, CMM, CD		15 August 2011	4 September 2012	Chief of the Defence Staff
22	Lieutenant-General Alain Parent, CMM, CD		4 September 2012	1 July 2015
23	Lieutenant-General Pierre St-Amand, CMM, CD		1 July 2015

References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=AIBRdaeLeXMC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Earle+Partridge+retire&source=bl&ots=943IYp8pPm&sig=C2iv6_XR-Jj6pidh6TXOHGyMCg0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=760pU7PkGsP10gGE4oCoCQ&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Earle%20Partridge%20retire&f=false
2. Veale, Thomas F. (2008). Guarding What You Value Most: North American Aerospace Defense Command, Celebrating 50 Years. Government Printing Office. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-16-080436-6.