Air aide-de-camp explained

An air aide-de-camp is a senior honorary aide-de-camp appointment for air officers in the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Indian Air Force. Normally the recipient is appointed as an air aide-de-camp to the head of state. The British Army's equivalent appointment is aide-de-camp general.

Royal Air Force

Recent appointments have included successive Chiefs of the Air Staff, as well as successive Commanders-in-chief, Strike Command (latterly Air Command), prior to the posts being merged in 2012:

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns (1997–2000)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire (1999–2003)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall (2000–2001)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day (2001–2003)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge (2003–2006)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup (2003–?)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy (2006–2009)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French (2006–2007)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (2007–2009)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton (2009–2013)^[1]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran (2009–2010) (died in office)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant (2010–2012)^[2]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (2013–2016)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier (2016–2019)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston (2019–2023)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton (2023–present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Appointment as Chief of the Air Staff and Air Aide-de-Camp of then-Air Marshal Stephen Dalton . 29 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220424/http://www.raf.mod.uk/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=09F30537-1143-EC82-2EB72F201EAA1799 . 1 February 2014 . dead .
2. http://www.raf-ff.org.uk/mobile/index.asp?page=newsarchive-more&info=news-policies-609&start=945 Air Rank Appointments list