Editing Ray Henault (section)

{{Short description|Royal Canadian Air Force general}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General (Canada)|General]]
| name             = Ray Henault
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CMM|MSC|CD|size=100%}}
| image            = Ray Henault 071010-D-7203T-004.jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = Henault in 2007
| nickname         = 
| birth_name       = Raymond Roland Joseph Henault
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1949|04|26}}
| birth_place      = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| allegiance       = {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]]
| branch           = [[Royal Canadian Air Force|Air Command]]
| serviceyears     = 1968–2008
| rank             = [[General (Canada)|General]]
| servicenumber    = 
| unit             = 
| commands         = [[Chairman of the NATO Military Committee]]<br/>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]<br/>Deputy Chief of Defence Staff<br/>Assistant Chief of Air Staff<br/>Chief of Staff for Operations<br/>Directorate of Land Aviation<br/>CFB Portage la Prairie<br/>10 Tactical Air Group<br/>444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
| battles          = [[Kosovo War]]
| awards           = [[Member of the Order of Canada]]<br/>[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|Commander of the Order of Military Merit]]<br/>[[Meritorious Service Cross]]<br/>[[Canadian Forces' Decoration]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of St. John]]
| alma_mater       = [[University of Manitoba]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Legum Doctor|LLD]] ''honoris causa'')<br/>[[National Defence College (Canada)|National Defence College]]<br/>[[École supérieure de guerre]]
| relatives        = 
}}

[[General (Canada)|General]] '''Raymond Roland Joseph Henault''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CMM|MSC|CD}} (born April 26, 1949) is a retired [[Canadian Forces Air Command|Canadian Air Force]] officer. He was the [[Chief of Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of Canada from June 28, 2001 to June 17, 2005 and then [[Chairman of the NATO Military Committee]] from 2005 until 2008, when he retired.