Major Kael Rennie’s interest in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and museums started out in 1986 with the release of the movie Top Gun and as a grade 8-9 student, he frequently rode his bike to watch the CF-188’s take off from the base in Comox as well as visiting the Comox Air Force Museum. He enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1991 as an Air Weapons Controller and graduated from Royal Roads Military College in 1995 with an Honours degree in Military and Strategic Studies, focusing on History and International Politics. Posted to North Bay Ontario in 1995, he completed the first ever Aerospace Controller (AEC) course which merged the Air Weapons Control and Air Traffic Controller classifications. He completed postings in North Bay, Anchorage, Cold Lake, Winnipeg, Kandahar, Petawawa and back to Cold Lake. Major Rennie retired from the Regular Force in 2016 with 25 years of service and continues to serve as a Reservist at 4 Wing. He joined the Cold Lake Air Force Museum in 2012 and continues to develop new displays, projects and improvements to the visitor experience.