Members of 8 Operations Support Squadron welcomed Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Snyder as their new Commanding Officer in a parade at 8 Wing Trenton, Thursday, July 18, while bidding a fond farewell to Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Camps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Snyder joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1992 and graduated from University of Calgary. He has served at 429 Transport Squadron as well as 426 Transport Training Squadron as both navigator instructor and Office Commanding Air Mobility System Support Flight. He completed tours on Op APOLLO, Op ATHENA and Op HESTIA.
Commanding Officer of 8 Operations Support Squadron, Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Snyder is joined by 8 Wing Commander, Colonel Mark Goulden and outgoing 8 Operations Support Squadron Commander, LCol Steve Camps as he signs to formalize the change of command on July 18, 2019 at 8 Wing Trenton. (Photo: Captain Graeme Scott, 8 Wing Trenton Public Affairs Officer, Royal Canadian Air Force)
Promoted to Major in 2010, he was posted to 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron as squadron standards officer before being posted back to 426 Squadron, spending another year as flight commander and deputy commanding officer. Following, he spent time at Canadian Forces Joint Operations Command, Canadian Forces College and Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre before being posted to Winnipeg as Commandant Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies in 2017.
