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This is a new post. Group Captain S C Kilbey to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Royal Air Force Medical Services, Headquarters Air Command in December 2014 in succession to Air Commodore A C Wilcock, who is leaving the Service. Marshal of the air force, marshal of the air, or a similar name is a five-star rank (or NATO equivalent OF-10) and an English-language term for the most senior rank in some air forces.It is usually the direct equivalent of a general of the air force in other air forces, a field marshal or general of the army in many armies, or a naval admiral of the fleet. Group Captain L Griffin to be Commandant Defence School of Policing and Administration, Worthy Down in October 2020 in succession to Group Captain N C J Brittain. Group Captain M Hunt OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Director Ground Training (RAF) and Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters No 22 (Training) Group with effect from 12 June 2017 in succession to Air Commodore W A W James CBE whose next appointment as Air Officer Commanding No 22 (Training) Group has previously been announced. On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army, with officers at what is now air vice-marshal level holding the rank of major-general.In response to the proposal that the RAF should use its own rank titles, it was suggested that the RAF might use the Royal Navy's officer ranks, with the word "air" inserted before the naval rank title. Air Vice-Marshal S K P Reynolds CBE DFC to be promoted Air Marshal and appointed Deputy Commander Capability, Headquarters Air Command in May 2016 in succession to Air Marshal Sir Barry North KCB OBE, who is retiring from the Service. Group Captain P J Wadlow to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Shawbury in December 2020 in succession to Group Captain C A Mullen ADC. Air Commodore A N C Reid to be Head Medical Strategy, Policy and Personnel, Headquarters Surgeon General in June 2016 in succession to Brigadier R H B Williamson QHS. Group Captain D J Toriati OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be appointed Air Commodore Air Staff in the Ministry of Defence in April 2014 in succession to Air Commodore A C Hine OBE, who is leaving the Service. Air Vice-Marshal L S Taylor OBE to be Chief of Staff Capability, Headquarters Air Command in April 2020 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal S P Rochelle CB OBE DFC whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Flight Sergeant Michelle Rees-Martin. Air vice-marshals may be addressed generically as "air marshal".[2]. Air Commodore M W J Chappell to be Head Defence Commitments & Crisis in the Ministry of Defence with effect from 27 March 2020 in succession to Air Commodore A P Marshall OBE whose appointment as Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group has previously been announced. This is a new post. Air Vice-Marshal R J Knighton CB to be promoted Air Marshal and to be Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability) in January 2019 in succession to Lieutenant General Sir Mark Poffley KCB OBE. Group Captain I D Gale MBE to be promoted Acting Air Commodore and to be Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Development C2ISR, Headquarters Air Command in August 2015. Flight Lieutenant His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales KCVO was promoted Squadron Leader with effect from 14 May 2018. Group Captain J J Attridge OBE ADC to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Joint Force Air Component Commander, Headquarters Air Command in April 2017 in succession to Air Commodore D J E Cooper CBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Group Captain D G Bradshaw to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Lightning Force Commander, Royal Air Force Marham in April 2017 in succession to Air Commodore H Smyth OBE DFC whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Group Captain D S Arthurton OBE to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Leeming in December 2016 in succession to Group Captain D G Bradshaw. In a report to RAF Fighter Command headquarters at Bentley Priory, in which he summarised German air activity over Britain in the period of 8 August to 10 September 1940, Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, the commander of the RAF’s No. Air Commodore J D Ball OBE to be Head Space Capability in the Ministry of Defence in January 2020. Group Captain S Harris CBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Air Officer A4 Headquarters Air Command and A4 Force Commander in September 2020 in succession to Air Commodore A C Keeling OBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Group Captain J D Holmes OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Headquarters Air Command with effect from 2 March 2020. Group Captain D C McLoughlin OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Inspector General, Headquarters Surgeon General with effect from 27 March 2017 in succession to Commodore I J Kennedy CBE QHNS QARNNS. Air Commodore D G Bradshaw to be Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Delivery Combat Air, Headquarters Air Command in April 2019 in succession to Air Commodore L S Taylor OBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Group Captain J Crawford to be promoted Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force Reserve and to be Commander Joint Cyber Electromagnetic Activities Group, Royal Air Force Digby with effect from 1 July 2020 in succession to Brigadier M C Proctor OBE. Group Captain D R Alexander to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Defence Logistic Policy in the Ministry of Defence in September 2015 in succession to Brigadier J R Brittain. The Royal Canadian Air Force used the rank until the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, when army-type rank titles were adopted. This is a new post. Group Captain S R Strasdin OBE to be promoted Acting Air Commodore and to be United Kingdom Air Component Commander and Air Officer Commanding No 83 Expeditionary Air Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar with effect from 21 October 2020 in succession to Acting Air Commodore T T Jones CBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Michael Adams (RAF officer) Edward Addison; John Aiken (RAF officer) Michael Alcock; Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy; John Allison (RAF officer) Geoffrey Ambler; Tim Anderson (RAF officer) Michael Armitage (RAF officer) Edward Ashmore (British Army officer) David Atcherley; Richard Atcherley; Stuart Atha; Roy Austen-Smith; Roger Austin Air Commodore S A Richardson to be Head C4ISR, Joint Forces Command in September 2014 in succession to Air Commodore C Jones, who is leaving the Service. Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. Five years later, he was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. She has served at many Royal Air Force airfields, including Brize Norton, Valley, Leeming and Marham. Group Captain D C Tait MBE to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Honington in December 2016 in succession to Group Captain M J Smeath MBE. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Philliban will relinquish his Regular Commission in December 2017 and be promoted Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force Reserves. Group Captain M R Flewin CBE to be promoted Acting Air Commodore and to be Typhoon Force Commander, Royal Air Force Coningsby with effect from 20 March 2020 in succession to Air Commodore M W J Chappell. Group Captain R D J Withnall to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Medical Director, Headquarters Surgeon General in September 2017 in succession to Brigadier T J Hodgetts CBE. This is a new post. Irvine a toured a KC-135 during his visit to the tri-base area. This is a new post. [1] The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. Group Captain S F Lushington CBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Air Mobility Force Commander & Air Officer Air Mobility, Royal Air Force Brize Norton in August 2015 in succession to Air Commodore D J F Lee. Group Captain D J Tozer to be Group Captain Support Royal Air Force Brize Norton in August 2016 in succession to Group Captain S N Perkins. Acting Air Commodore Flewin will continue as Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Coningsby until succeeded by Group Captain M J Peterson OBE as has previously been announced. RAF pilot and Black Arrows display team leader later promoted to head of Britain’s air defence Saturday March 18 2017, 12.01am , The Times Air Vice-Marshal Peter Latham in 1980 August 4, 2015 Blog, History, War Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal, Air Ministry, Air Vice-Marshal Francis Linnell, Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Avro Lancaster, Bomber Command, bouncing bomb, bouncing bombs, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan., Dambusters, Dambusters Declassified Documentary, Dambusters mission, Dambusters pilot, Dambusters pilot Les Munro dies, Derwent … ↑ Air Force List 1918 - April genealogysupplies.com ↑ Air Force List 1933 - October genealogysupplies.com ↑ Airmen died in the Great War, 1914-1918 : the roll of honour of the British … Air Vice-Marshal I C Morrison CBE was promoted Acting Air Marshal with effect from 5 January 2015 and remains in post as Director Saudi Armed Forces Projects. Air Commodore M E Sampson DSOto be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Director Saudi Armed Forces Projects, Riyadh in January 2018 in succession to Air Marshal I C Morrison CBE who is retiring from the Service. Group Captain J A Beck OBE to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Marham in August 2019 in succession to Group Captain I J Townsend ADC. Air Commodore R J C Powell CBE to be Air Attaché, British Defence Staff (United States), Washington with effect from 19 September 2014 in succession to Air Commodore K B McCann CBE, who is retiring from the Service. Air Commodore J H Hunter to be Director Flying Training, No 22 (Training) Group with effect from 9 June 2018 in succession to Air Commodore D A Bentley whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Air Commodore N J Colman OBE to be Head Military Strategic Effects in the Ministry of Defence in April 2018 in succession to Air Commodore J Burr CBE DFC whose appointment as Deputy Commander NATO Air Command Afghanistan in April 2018 has previously been announced. Please switch to using Chrome if you can. Group Captain C J Egan to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Regulation and Certification in the Military Aviation Authority in February 2020 in succession to Commodore D Childs Royal Navy. Group Captain M J Higgins OBE to be Commandant Central Flying School, Royal Air Force College Cranwell in June 2020 in succession to Group Captain A R Franklin. Group Captain D J Startup to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Halton in August 2020 in succession to Group Captain K P Wilson OBE. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. [17] In the Indonesian Air Force the equivalent rank is marsekal muda (literally "junior marshal") which is usually translated as air vice-marshal in English. Group Captain A V R Bettridge OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Policy (RAF), Headquarters Air Command in August 2019 in succession to Air Commodore S A Harper OBE. TREASURER* Mr Philip Tagg. Group Captain C D Snaith to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Akrotiri with effect from 6 July 2018 in succession to Group Captain M J Blackburn. Group Captain M M Radnall to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Honington in December 2018 in succession to Group Captain D C Tait MBE ADC. Group Captain I Laing to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head (Military) Euro-Atlantic Security in the Ministry of Defence in December 2018 in succession to Brigadier D J Eastman MBE. Air Commodore J E Linter OBE to be Air Attaché Washington with effect from 1 September 2017 in succession to Air Commodore R J C Powell CBE who is retiring from the Service. Air Vice - Marshal Ephraim William Havers, CBE. Group Captain S Harris MBE to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force High Wycombe in March 2019 in succession to Group Captain R A Woods OBE. Group Captain A M Sansom to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Customer Support Team (Air) in the Defence Equipment & Support Organisation with effect from 24 June 2016 in succession to Air Commodore N Parton, who is leaving the Service. On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army, with officers at what is now air vice-marshal level holding the rank of major-general. Group Captain S D Ellard to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Unmanned Air Systems in the Defence Equipment & Support Organisation in November 2015 in succession to Air Commodore P J Grinsted OBE who is leaving the Service. Group Captain M R Flewin to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Coningsby in November 2018 in succession to Group Captain M R Baulkwill. 14. Air Commodore D J Toriati OBE to be Excecutive Co-ordinator International Military Staff at Headquarters NATO with effect from 17 September 2016 in succession to Commodore S P Hardern Royal Navy. Air Commodore T N Jennings OBE to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Director Legal Services (Royal Air Force) with effect from 29 September 2018 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal A Mardell who is leaving the Service. Compare this with the next rank up which is "marsekal madya" (literally "middle marshal") which is usually translated as air marshal in English. This is a new post. Air Marshal M Wigston CBE to be promoted Air Chief Marshal and to be Chief of the Air Staff and Aide de Camp to Her Majesty The Queen in July 2019 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier KCB CBE DFC ADC who is retiring from the Service. Group Captain M J Blackburn to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Akrotiri in June 2016 in succession to Group Captain P D Kennett. However, the rank of air vice-marshal was not used by the Australian Armed Forces until 1935 when Richard Williams, the Australian Chief of the Air Staff, was promoted. Group Captain T J P Burke to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Assistant Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Air Command in December 2019 in succession to Air Commodore L J Bennett OBE. Air Commodore P Lyall OBE to be Head British Defence Staff (France) and Defence Attaché Paris with effect from 30 September 2014 in succession to Air Commodore J D Maas CBE. This is a new post. Elaine West, 51, joined the RAF … Group Captain M A Jeffery OBE was appointed Head Royal Air Force Safety Centre, Headquarters Air Command in the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force Reserve with effect from 19 September 2016. UK Crown Copyright. C D Breese. Group Captain N J Colman OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Deputy Director Military Support in July 2015 in succession to Air Commodore J Burr CBE DFC. Group Captain P A Brooker OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Unmanned Air Systems in Defence Equipment & Support with effect from 3 June 2019 in succession to Mrs C Hazeldean. Air Commodore G M Russell to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Director Helicopters, Defence Equipment & Support with effect from 1 August 2016 in succession to Mr I Craddock. At Bracknell he succeeded the much-admired and respected Sir Donald Hardman, an officer of great stature and impressive good looks who drove a lordly pre-war Lagonda. This is a new post. Group Captain K J Sanders to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Deputy Director Legal Services (Royal Air Force) in October 2018 in succession to Air Commodore T N Jennings OBE. Group Captain J D Milne DFC to be Officer Commanding No 3 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force Cranwell in January 2016 in succession to Group Captain A Coope OBE. 10. Group Captain P R Sanger-Davies to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Halton in August 2016 in succession to Group Captain A S Burns. Group Captain M W Smith OBE to be Commander Joint Intelligence Training Group and Joint Forces Command Chicksands in May 2019 in succession to Group Captain S S Stirrat. Group Captain J Rolf to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Air Officer A6 and A6 Force Commander, Headquarters Air Command in April 2016 in succession to Air Commodore C J Moore. Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. Acting Air Commodore N J Phillips CBE was promoted Air Commodore on 14 May 2015 and is appointed Deputy UK Military Representative to the European Union, Brussels in April 2016 in succession to Brigadier A M J McGovern. For example, the rank that later became air marshal would have been air vice-admiral. Air Vice-Marshal G Tunnicliffe to be Deputy Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in April 2019 in succession to Rear Admiral J M L Kingwell CBE. RELATED ARTICLES Air Commodore J J Attridge OBE to be Air Attaché Washington with effect from 4 September 2020 in succession to Air Commodore J E Linter OBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. appointments to the military division of the most honourable order of the bath as companions (cb) air vice-marshal i. duguid obe air vice-marshal s.j. South Vietnam's air force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, which existed from 1955 until the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975, also used the rank. Major General R T I Munro CBE TD DL to be Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal with effect from 23 September 2019 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal the Lord Beaverbrook who has retired from the Service. Group Captain S P Kilvington to be Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Waddington in January 2020 in succession to Group Captain T J P Burke. Air Vice-Marshal S C Gray OBE to be Air Officer Commanding No 38 Group, Headquarters Air Command with effect from 16 June 2016 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal T L J Bishop CB who is retiring from the Service. Air Vice-Marshal H Smyth OBE DFC to be appointed Director Space in the Ministry of Defence in February 2020. This is a new post. This is a new post. Five years later, he was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. -Air rank: Marshal of the RAF, air chief marshal, air marshal, air vice-marshal, air commodore – Senior officers: group captain, wing commander, squadron leader – Junior officers: flight lieutenant, flying officer, pilot officer. Group Captain R J Dennis OBE to be promoted Acting Air Commodore and to be United Kingdom Air Component Commander and Air Officer Commanding No 83 Expeditionary Air Group, Al Udeid, Qatar in November 2017 in succession to Air Commodore J J Stringer whose next appointment is yet to be announced. English: This category is for media relating to Royal Air Force officers holding the ranks from Air Chief Marshal to Air Vice-Marshal. Air Commodore J Burr CBE DFC to be Deputy Commander NATO Air Command Afghanistan in April 2018 in succession to Air Commodore J H Hunter whose next appointment as Director Flying Training No 22 Group has previously been announced. G D A Parker OBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Air Commodore C J Moore to be Head Operate and Defend, Information Systems and Services, Joint Forces Command with effect from 7 March 2016 in succession to Brigadier A G Hill. Group Captain L S Taylor to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Delivery Combat Air and Air ISTAR, Headquarters Air Command in December 2014 in succession to Air Commodore M W G Hopkins MBE, who is leaving the Service. The RAF has appointed a woman to the rank of air vice-marshal, the most senior position to be held by a regular serving female in the UK armed forces. Group Captain R D Pratley to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Assistant Chief of Staff J1/J4, Permanent Joint Headquarters in April 2018 in succession to Commodore R A Murrison Royal Navy. Group Captain D J Storr to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Combat Air Acquisition Programme in the Ministry of Defence with effect from 1 August 2018. Air Commodore P A Godfrey OBE to be Combined Air & Space Operations Centre Director, Al Udeid, Qatar with effect from 9 July 2020. A. Group Captain R D Moir to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Air Officer Battle Management & Battle Management Force Commander, Headquarters Air Command in September 2017 in succession to Air Commodore A K Gillespie whose appointment as Head Transformation, Headquarters Air Command has previously been announced. Air Commodore A K Gillespie CBE to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Air Officer Commanding No 2 Group in September 2019 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal D J E Cooper CBE whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Air Commodore McLoughlin will retain his responsibilities as Air Officer Medical Operations pro tem. Group Captain E P Moriarty to be Commandant No 3 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force College Cranwell in December 2017 in succession to Group Captain J D Milne DFC. Air Vice-Marshal Bruce H. Hedley Director Joint Warfare UK Joint Forces Command As Director Joint Warfare Bruce Hedley is responsible for the development, exercising and evaluation of the Joint Force to assure against the current and future threats. Group Captain D C Tait MBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Head Training, Education, Skills, Recruitment & Resettlement in the Ministry of Defence in April 2020 in succession to Commodore M J Cameron OBE Royal Navy. Air Vice-Marshal S D Ellard to be Director Combat Air in the Defence Equipment & Support organisation with effect from 18 January 2021 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal K H R Bethell CBE, whose next appointment is yet to be announced. Air Vice-Marshal G M D Mayhew CBE to be promoted Air Marshal and to be Deputy Commander Operations, Headquarters Air Command and Air Member for Operations with effect from 3 May 2019 in succession to Air Marshal S D Atha CB DSO who is retiring from the Service. Air Commodore I F Vallely OBE to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Commander Cyber & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in Joint Forces Command in February 2018 in succession to Major General J R Hockenhull OBE. Margaret Staib of the Royal Australian Air Force served in the rank of air vice-marshal from 2009 to 2012 when she retired from the Australian Defence Force. Group Captain S M R Ward OBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Chief of Staff Headquarters Air Command in July 2018 in succession to Air Commodore J M Dixon AFC who is leaving the Service. Group Captain P D Kennett CBE to be promoted Air Commodore and to be Director Qatar Typhoon Programme in the Ministry of Defence in December 2018. RAF Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peache (left) and RAF Air Vice Marshal David Cooper (right) attend a meeting marking the upcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of the Czechoslovak air force and commemorating heroism of its WWII pilots took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 18, 2018, attended by Czech politicians and representatives of the military, NATO and the British RAF.

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