Brigadier General Christopher Horner

Brigadier-General Christopher Horner joined the Canadian Armed Forces as an Aerospace Controller in 1998, graduated from the Royal Military College in 2002 and achieved his Air Battle Manager qualification in 2003.

Over the course of the next decade, BGen Horner has held various operational positions within the RCAF, under NORAD’s Canadian Air Defence Sector, and as part of the United States Air Force E-3 AWACS Program. Operating with Joint and Allied forces around the globe, BGen Horner amassed nearly 1,300 flight hours including over 430 combat flight hours supporting Operations ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM, in counter-narcotics missions supporting Operation CARRIBE, and nearly a decade both in the air and on the ground across North America actively supporting Operation NOBLE EAGLE counter-terrorism missions.

BGen Horner has commanded at every level and rank, inclusive of an RCAF Squadron and School, the Joint Warfare Centre, and component-level organizations in both the Space and Cyber domains. Apart from his operational focus and command appointments, BGen Horner filled various staff roles in operational Air Force Headquarters, on the Strategic Joint Staff, within Assistant Deputy Minister-led organizations most recently within Canadian Joint Operations Command.

BGen Horner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, a Master of Arts in Defence Management, and a Master of Science in Leadership. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College and the United States Air Force Air War College.

BGen Horner is supported by his spouse and their three boys.