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{{Short description|Canadian air force general}}
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|name=Larry Ashley
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1937|10|02}}
|death_date= <!--{{death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|1937|10|02}}-->
|birth_place= [[Simcoe, Ontario]], Canada
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|allegiance={{flag|Canada}}
|serviceyears= 1955–1988
|rank= [[Lieutenant-General (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]]
|branch = {{navy|Canada|1921}}<br> [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] / [[Canadian Forces]]
|commands=[[406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron]]<br>[[423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron]]<br>[[CFB Shearwater]]<br>[[Royal Canadian Air Force|Air Command]]
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|awards=[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|Commander of the Order of Military Merit]]<br>[[Canadian Forces' Decoration]]
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[[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]] '''Larry Albert Ashley''' [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (born 2 October 1937) is a [[Canadian]] retired air force general who was [[Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force|Commander, Air Command]] in Canada from 1986 to 1988.
==Career==
Ashley joined the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1955 and trained as a [[helicopter]] pilot.<ref name=naut>[http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Biolist2.php?name=Ashley,%20Larry%20Albert&id=21689&Page=1&input=ashley Ashley, Larry Albert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927102600/http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Biolist2.php?name=Ashley%2C%20Larry%20Albert&id=21689&Page=1&input=ashley |date=2013-09-27 }} The Nauticapedia</ref> He became Air Detachment Commander in the [[destroyer]] [[HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280)|HMCS ''Iroquois'']] in 1972, Commanding Officer of [[406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron]] at [[CFB Shearwater]] in 1973 and Commanding Officer of [[423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron]] Squadron at CFB Shearwater in 1974.<ref name=naut/> He went on to be Senior Staff Officer Maritime Air at [[CFB Winnipeg]] in 1976, Base Commander at CFB Shearwater later that year and Director Air Requirements at the [[National Defence Headquarters (Canada)|National Defence Headquarters]] in 1979.<ref name=naut/> After that he became Director Air Requirements in 1979, was appointed to work on the [[NATO]] [[airborne early warning and control]] programme at [[Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum|Brunssuum]] as Chief of Military Factors in 1981 and became Chief of Air Doctrine and Operations in 1983.<ref name=naut/> His last appointment was as [[Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force|Commander, Air Command]] in 1986 before retiring in 1988.<ref name=naut/>
In retirement he became technical advisor to [[AgustaWestland]].<ref>[http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=99de5056-1d13-4d31-8ff7-6135b652cd40 The helicopter deal from hell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013094940/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=99de5056-1d13-4d31-8ff7-6135b652cd40 |date=2013-10-13 }} Ottawa Citizen, June 21, 2008</ref>
==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Donald McNaughton (Canadian general)|D.M. McNaughton]]}}
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{{s-aft|after=[[Fred Sutherland (Canadian Air Force General)|F.R. Sutherland]]}}
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[[Category:Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)]]
[[Category:Canadian Forces Air Command generals]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:Canadian military personnel from Ontario]]