Dave Cochrane (Canadian Forces officer)

Colonel D. B. "Dave" Cochrane, CD is a Royal Canadian Air Force officer. Col. Cochrane is currently the commanding officer of CFB Trenton as well as the primary lodger unit for the base, 8 Wing.

Col. Cochrane assumed his present command on February 19, 2010 eleven days after his predecessor, Russell Williams, was formally charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with two counts of first-degree murder along with two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of break and enter and sexual assault.

Col. Cochrane graduated from Royal Military College of Canada in 1986 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and later qualified as a navigator. In 2009, he deployed overseas for six months and served in the War in Afghanistan as commanding officer of Theatre Support Element Roto 8.