Season 2 | Episode 3
Transcript
Welcome back to Rough Seas- The Marine Engineering Podcast. Today we have a very special guest, 22 Wing Commander Colonel Joel Oldford.
Leadership, by definition, makes one the ultimate bearer of responsibility. So how does a small-town boy from Cape Breton find himself responsible for identifying and tracking all airborne threats approaching Canada?
In today’s episode we follow Col. Oldford’s journey from the blackfly laden woods of New Brunswick to the NORAD command centre at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, and now most recently, his current post as Commander of 22 Wing.
Oldford details his extensive roles within NORAD, his transparent leadership approach, and how international defence partnerships endure regardless of shifting political climates.
Col. Joe Oldford
22 Wing Commander, Canadian Air Defence Sector Commander
Colonel Joseph (Joe) Oldford joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1994 as an Infantry Reservist with the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton). In 2002, he transferred to the Regular Force as an Aerospace Control Officer. Following completion of initial Aerospace Control Officer training, Col Oldford was assigned to front line control positions within 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron as a Weapons Director and Senior Director, and in support of the Canadian Army as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller.
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