Jean-Paul Paloméros

Jean-Paul Paloméros (born 13 August 1953 in Paris) is a retired general of the French Air Force and served as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, a senior military post in NATO. Paloméros previously served as Chief of Staff of the French Air Force from 2009 to 2012.

Air force career In 1973, he joined l'École de l'Air, the French Air Force Academy and qualified as a fighter pilot in 1976. He acquired extensive experience both as an operational commander and as a fighter pilot, having flown 82 combat missions and more than 3,500 flying hours, mostly on Mirage F1C and Mirage 2000 aircraft.

Major military awards

Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur (France, 2009) Médaille de l'Aéronautique (France) Overseas Medal with bar (France) Médaille commémorative française with bar Médaille de la Jeunesse et des Sports in bronze (France) UN Medal Bosnia (UNPROFOR) NATO Medal with bar (Former Yugoslavia) Cross of Aeronautical Merit, White Grand Cross (Spain) Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (Brazil) Order of Abdulaziz al Saud, First Class (Saudi Arabia) Meritorious Service Medal NATO Meritorious Service Medal Santos-Dumont Medal of Merit (Medalha do Mérito Santos Dumont), Brazilian Air Force Chilean Grand Cross of the Order of Aeronautical Merit Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) (Singapore) Romanian Honor Emblem Russian Order of Friendship of Peoples Allied Long Service Decoration (Hungary) PSA - The Presidential Sports Award (United States)