| Post: | Warrant Officer |
| Body: | the Royal Air Force |
| Insignia: | British Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | WORAF insignia |
| Incumbent: | Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam |
| Incumbentsince: | April 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Defence |
| Style: | Warrant Officer |
| Abbreviation: | WORAF |
| Reports To: | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Appointer: | Air Force Board |
| Termlength: | Not fixed, |
| Termlength Qualified: | typically 2–3 years |
| First: | WO Greg Dutton |
| Website: | Official website |
The Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF), previously known as the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO), is the senior Royal Air Force (RAF) appointment for a warrant officer (WO), and therefore the most senior non-commissioned appointment in the RAF.[1] The person holding this military appointment advises the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on matters concerning airmen and airwomen of the RAF.[1] [2] The post was created in, as the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer.[1] [3] The post was re-titled Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF) on, and whilst continuing to report directly to the Chief of the Air Staff, the scope of the WORAF was widened to 'work for the entirety of the RAF'.[4] The current WORAF is WO Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam, who was appointed in .[5] [6], including the incumbent, there has been a total of eleven personnel in this appointment.
The Royal Navy equivalent is the Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy (WORN, previously Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, WONS),[7] and in the Royal Marines the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major. The British Army's recent equivalent is the Army Sergeant Major (previously known as Sergeant Major of the Army).[8]
| portrait | post holder | term of office | Chief of the Air Staff | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| took office | left office | time in office | ||||||
| Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) | ||||||||
| 1 | Greg Dutton | Sir Michael Graydon Sir Richard Johns | ||||||
| 2 | Jim Andrews | Sir Richard Johns | ||||||
| 3 | René Michael Stuart | Sir Richard Johns Sir Peter Squire | ||||||
| 4 | Sir Jock Stirrup Sir Glenn Torpy | [9] | ||||||
| 5 | Lyndsay Morgan | Sir Glenn Torpy | ||||||
| 6 | Gary Wilcox | Sir Stephen Dalton | ||||||
| 7 | Graeme Spark | Sir Stephen Dalton Sir Andrew Pulford | [10] | |||||
| 8 | Clive Martland | Sir Andrew Pulford Sir Stephen Hillier | ||||||
| 9 | Jon Crossley | Sir Stephen Hillier Sir Michael Wigston | ||||||
| 10 | Jake Alpert | Sir Michael Wigston | [11] | |||||
| Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF) | ||||||||
| 10 | Jake Alpert | Sir Michael Wigston | ||||||
| 11 | Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam | incumbent | Sir Michael Wigston Sir Richard Knighton | |||||
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