Air force major accused of smuggling firearms is award-winning marksman
Maj. Kendrick Barling, who faces 29 charges after a Canada Border Services Agency investigation, won the Queen's Medal for Champion Shot multiple times in recent years.
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![Then-captain Kendrick Barling is shown being carried by fellow competitors after winning the prestigious Queen's Medal for Champion Shot in 2013. The photo was shared on the National Defence website and credits Barling as the person who supplied it. A man wearing camouflage clothing and a beret is carried on a wooden chair that's being held up by eight other soldiers. The officer in the chair is smiling and holding a rifle by his side.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7030591.1700168192!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/maj-kendrick-barling.jpg)
Maj. Kendrick Barling, who faces 29 charges after a Canada Border Services Agency investigation, won the Queen's Medal for Champion Shot multiple times in recent years.