Steve Lucas

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| |name= James Steve Lucas |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1952|2|24}} |death_date= |birth_place= Toronto, Ontario, Canada |death_place=

| |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=Canada |service_years=1969-2007 |rank= Lieutenant General |branch =Canadian Forces Air Command |commands=435 Transport Squadron<br>CFB Goose Bay<br>1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region<br>Air Command |unit= |battles= |awards=Commander of the Order of Military Merit<br>Canadian Forces' Decoration |other_work= }}

Lieutenant-General '''James Steven Lucas''', CMM, CD (born 24 February 1952) is a retired Canadian air force general who was Chief of the Air Staff in Canada from 2005 to 2007.

==Career== Educated at John Taylor Collegiate in Winnipeg, Lucas joined the Canadian Forces in 1969 and graduated from the Canadian Forces Air Navigation School in 1974.<ref name=bio>Former city man to lead air force, Winnipeg Sun, February 17, 2005</ref> He became Commanding Officer of 435 Transport Squadron in July 1989, Commander of CFB Goose Bay in 1990 and Director of Joint Requirements at the National Defence Headquarters in 1994.<ref name=force>[http://www.forceaerienne.gc.ca Canada's Air Force, Organizations, CAS, Lieutenant-General Lucas]</ref> He went on to be Director of Aerospace Planning Coordination in 1996, and then joined the staff at 1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters in Summer 1997.<ref name=force/> After that he became Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region in 2000, Chief of Staff Joint Force Generation in 2003 and Chief of the Air Staff in 2005 before retiring in 2007.<ref name=bio/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} |- {{s-bef|before=Lloyd Campbell}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division|years=2000–2002}} {{s-aft|after=Marc Dumais}} |- {{s-bef|before=Ken Pennie}} {{s-ttl|title=Chief of the Air Staff|years=2005–2007}} {{s-aft|after=Angus Watt}} {{s-end}}

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