Born on March 20, 1969, in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France
Married and father of two
French Air Force Academy, Class of 1989 “Clément Ader”
Licensed as a Fighter Pilot in 1993
2,400 flight hours (including 59 combat missions)

• 1993 Squadron pilot, then Squadron Leader on the M2000 RDI, 01.005 “Vendée” Fighter Squadron, 115 Orange Air Base
• 2000 Deputy Chief of Operations, 01.005 “Vendée” Fighter Squadron, 115 Orange Air Base
• 2001 Officer responsible for exercise planning at the Air Force Operational Centre, then responsible for Operations overview at the Air Defence and Operations Command, Paris
• 2003 Joint Military School (Collège Interarmées de Défense), 11th Class, Paris
• 2004 Deputy Commander, then Commander of the 01.002 “Cigognes” Fighter Group, 102 Dijon Air Base
• 2007 Deputy Chief of the Employment Division at the Air and Space Force Inspectorate, Paris
• 2009 Head of the Air Force Division and Vice-Chair of the Air Security Council at the Air and Space Force Inspectorate, Paris
• 2010 Deputy Head of the International Relations Unit, Office of the Minister of Defence, Paris
• 2012 Operations and Forces Bureau Chief at the General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces, AIR, Paris
• 2013 Commander of the 113 Saint-Dizier Air Base and Saint-Dizier/Chaumont Defence Base
• 2015 Attended the Centre des hautes études militaires, 65th session, and the Institut des hautes études de la défense nationale, 68th Class, Paris
• 2016 Chef de Cabinet for the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force
• 2018 Commander of the 701 Salon-de-Provence Air Base and Director General of the Air and Space Force Academy
• 2020 Chef de Cabinet for the Armed Forces Chief of Staff
• 2021 Commanding General of the Strategic Air Forces
• 2024 Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

• 2024: Commander, Legion of Honor
• 2021: Commander, Ordre National du Mérite
• 2011: Aeronautical Medal
• 1996: Overseas Medal (gilt bar for the Middle East)
• 1995: French Commemorative Medal, gilt bar for Former Yugoslavia