General Gerard Van Caelenberge is a Belgium Air Force general, he was Air Component Commander in 2006 to 2008 and Chief of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium in March 2012 until retired in July 2016. He was an expertise and member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. He also went to the NATO Defence College Rome for a senior course in 1997, he commanded the 10th Tactical Wing in Kleine Brogel Base in 2001/2002 before he was moved to Defence Staff Operations and Training Department in 2004 and there after he was Deputy Operations Commander in 2005.