Carey Adamson
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Carey Adamson | |
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Born | Fairlie, New Zealand | 5 September 1942
Allegiance | New Zealand |
Service/ | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Years of service | 1961–2001 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands | Chief of Defence Force Chief of the Air Staff No. 40 Squadron RNZAF |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Awards | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Air Force Cross |
Air Marshal Carey William Adamson, CNZM, AFC (born 5 September 1942) is a retired senior officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1995[1] to 1999 and Chief of Defence Force from 1999 to 2001.
Adamson grew up in Fairlie before attending Timaru Boys' High School where he was a boarder. As a teenager Adamson joined the Air Training Corps. He then joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1961 where he served as a pilot flying Austers and Harvards. In 1964 Adamson was assigned to the United States to train on the C130 Hercules.[2]
References
- ^ Lee-Frampton, Nick (24–30 July 1996). "Forward Thrust". Flight International. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Pilot's painful duty to clip wings of his own fighters". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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- 1942 births
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand military personnel of the Vietnam War
- People from Fairlie, New Zealand
- Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
- Royal New Zealand Air Force air marshals
- Living people
- People educated at Timaru Boys' High School
- New Zealand people stubs