Graham Lintott
{{Short description|RNZAF Air Vice Marshal (born 1955)}}
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|birth_place= Canterbury, New Zealand
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|allegiance= New Zealand
|branch= Royal New Zealand Air Force
|serviceyears= 1973–2014
|rank= Air Vice Marshal
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|commands= Chief of Air Force (2006–11)
Commander Joint Forces New Zealand (2004)
Air Component Commander (2002–04)
RNZAF Base Ohakea (1998–00)
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Air Vice Marshal Graham Brian Lintott, {{postnominals|country=NZL|size=100%|ONZM}} (born 29 March 1955) is a retired senior commander in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and former Chief of Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate/key-personnel/caf.htm |title=Chief of Air Force |publisher=New Zealand Defence Force |access-date=2009-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317184137/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate/key-personnel/caf.htm |archive-date=2010-03-17 }} He is now the Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin's New Zealand operation.{{cite web|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/au/news/press-releases/2014/26112014.html|title=Retired RNZAF Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott to Head Lockheed Martin New Zealand|website=www.lockheedmartin.com}} Retrieved 2017-12-20.
Early life
Lintott was born in Canterbury, New Zealand, on 29 March 1955, the only son of three children to Brian, a school teacher, and Heather Lintott. When Graham was aged four, the family moved to Ruakiwi, a small regional town northwest of Hamilton, where the Lintott children were educated at the local school by their father. The family later relocated to Huinga, Taranaki, before returning to Hamilton where Lintott attended Hamilton Boys' High School from 1968. Aged 15, Lintott began flying lessons through the Waikato Aero Club after winning $700 in the Golden Kiwi.{{cite news|first=Maryanne|last=Twentyman|title=Air force high-flier aims for top job|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/big-reads/4191115/Air-force-high-flier-aims-for-top-job|work=Waikato Times|date=11 October 2010|access-date=2014-06-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hbhs.school.nz/News/2012-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees|title=2012 Hall of Fame Inductees|access-date=2014-06-08|publisher=Hamilton Boys' High School|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120183142/http://www.hbhs.school.nz/News/2012-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees|url-status=dead}}
Career
Lintott joined the RNZAF in 1973 and graduated from pilot training in 1975. He completed the Basic Sioux Helicopter Course and the Bell UH-1 Iroquois Course, before completing tours with No. 3 Squadron RNZAF and RNZAF Support Unit Singapore.
In the 1980s, Lintott was a member of the RNZAF Red Checkers formation aerobatics team.
References
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{{s-bef|before=Major General Martyn Dunne}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander Joint Forces New Zealand|years=2004}}
{{s-aft|after=Major General Lou Gardiner}}
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Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School
Category:People from North Canterbury
Category:Royal New Zealand Air Force air marshals
Category:20th-century New Zealand military personnel
Category:21st-century New Zealand military personnel
Category:Military personnel from the Canterbury Region
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