This is a of serving senior officers in the Royal Air Force. It includes currently serving air chief marshals, air marshals, air vice-marshals, and air commodores.[1] [2]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
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Air Officer, Northern Ireland | CB, CBE, DFC | 9 May 2016 | |||||
General Duties | 12 January 2022 | ||||||
Flying | CBE | 1 August 2022 | |||||
Flying | 26 August 2022 | ||||||
Flying | OBE | 2 May 2023 | |||||
RAF Medical Services | CB, KHP | 3 July 2023 | |||||
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command Air Member for Personnel, Air Force Board | Engineer | CBE | 18 September 2023 | ||||
Flying | OBE | 8 March 2024 | |||||
Assistant chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, US Space Force | Flying | OBE | 12 July 2024 |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
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Service Complaints Panel Member | General Duties (Ground) | CBE | 1 August 2013 | ||||
Service Complaints Panel Member | Medical | CB, KHS | 19 December 2014 | ||||
Director of Legal Services, Air Command | OBE | 29 September 2018 | |||||
Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Chief of Staff (Reserves), Air Command | transferred from British Army | CB, CBE, TD, VR, DL | 23 September 2019 | ||||
Flying | CBE | 14 October 2019 | |||||
Lincoln Scott Taylor | Chief of Staff (Capability), Air Command | Flying | CB, OBE | 2 December 2019 | |||
Regiment | CBE | 31 July 2020 | |||||
Alastair P. T. Smith | Flying | 31 August 2020 | |||||
Philip T. G. Lester | Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Air Force Reserve | 4 May 2021 | ||||
Air Secretary Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command | Flying | 17 May 2021 | |||||
Timothy David Neal-Hopes | Commander, National Cyber Force | Engineer | OBE | 9 August 2021 | |||
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff | Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor | CBE | 11 October 2021 | ||||
Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters | Flying | CBE, DFC** | 6 December 2021 | ||||
Mark W. J. Chappell | Flying | 5 January 2021 | |||||
Richard D. Pratley | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) | Logistics | 2 May 2022 | ||||
David Scott Arthurton | Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital | Flying | OBE | 13 May 2022 | |||
Flying | OBE, ADC | 1 September 2022 | |||||
MBE, KHC | 5 August 2022 | ||||||
Policy | OBE, DFC | 10 October 2022 | |||||
Timothy Telfer Jones | CBE | 2 December 2022 | |||||
Flying | CBE | 12 January 2023 | |||||
Philip Alan Brooker | Director Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineer | OBE | 12 May 2023 | |||
Ian Jon Townsend | Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group | Flying | CBE | 22 May 2023 | |||
David Cyril McLoughlin | Director of Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services | RAF Medical Services | CBE | 5 June 2023 | |||
Jeremy J. Attridge | Director, Saudi Armed Forces Project | Flying | OBE | 20 June 2023 | |||
Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command | Flying | 25 August 2023 | |||||
Shaun Harris | Director Support, and Chief Engineer (RAF) | Engineer | CBE | 27 September 2023 | |||
Jason Lee Appleton | Flying | 29 February 2024 | |||||
James Anthony Beck | Director Capability and Programmes | OBE | 2 April 2024 | ||||
Thomas Ashbridge | Director Operations Defence Digital | 19 July 2024 |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
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Christopher D. Snaith | Director of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Saudi Arabia Armed Forces Programme | OBE | 15 February 2021 | ||||
Royal Air Force Reserve | CB |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
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Nigel Timothy Bradshaw | Deputy Defence Services Secretary Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence | 13 April 2015 | |||||
Adam Mark Sansom | Engineer | 24 June 2016 | |||||
Simon Andrew Harper | Administrative | OBE | 26 September 2016 | ||||
David J. Rowland | Engineer | 11 November 2016 | |||||
James E. Savage | Administrative | OBE | 18 April 2017 | ||||
Jefferson Brian Portlock | Service Complaints Panel Member | Flying | 21 April 2017 | ||||
Anthony John Beasant | to retire | Regiment | CBE | 24 April 2017 | |||
Mark Hunt | Head of Air ISTAR, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineer | OBE | 12 June 2017 | |||
Dominic A. Stamp | Defence Attaché in Waiting | Flying | CBE | 3 July 2017 | |||
Adrian S. Burns | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command | Personnel | 19 July 2017 | ||||
Andrew T. Martin | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command | Flying | OBE | 21 July 2017 | |||
Suzanne Natalie Perkins | Logistics | CBE | August 2017 | ||||
Catherine Clare Coton | Air Commodore Air Staff, Air Command | Administrative | CBE | 4 September 2017 | |||
Wendy Rothery | Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence | Personnel | 2 April 2018 | ||||
Mark S. Sexton | Provost | June 2018 | |||||
Michael R. Wilson | Head of Cyber Governance and Risk Compliance, Ministry of Defence | Engineer | 30 November 2018 | ||||
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell | Personnel | CBE | 8 January 2019 | ||||
Robert A. Woods | Air Officer, Wales | Engineer | OBE ADC | 26 April 2019 | |||
Anthony C. Keeling | Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets, to retire | Engineer | MBE | 6 September 2019 | |||
Jeremy D. Holmes | Flying | OBE | 2 March 2020 | ||||
Hugh F. Smith | Flying | 24 July 2020 | |||||
Jason N. Young | Head of C4 and Joint User Information, Defence Digital | Engineer | 16 September 2020 | ||||
Andrew Neil Grant | October 2020 | ||||||
Hamish Roy Callender Cormack | Flying | CBE | 16 October 2020 | ||||
Keith D. Taylor | Deputy Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command | Flying | 1 November 2020 | ||||
Richard Fogden | Director, RAF Sport | 1 December 2020 | |||||
Paul Michael Rose | MBE | 4 December 2020 | |||||
Martin Christopher Lowe | Programme Director, Future Combat Air Systems | 18 December 2020 | |||||
Richard James Yates | Royal College of Defence Studies | MBE | 29 January 2021 | ||||
Richard Glyn Jacob | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2IAMD), Air Command | 1 April 2021 | |||||
Luke J. Houghton | Medical | 26 April 2021 | |||||
Mike James Blackburn | UK Defence Attaché to China | 5 May 2021 | |||||
Joanne L. Lincoln | MBE | 15 July 2021 | |||||
Angela Marjorie Baker | 26 July 2021 | ||||||
Adrian James Portlock | Air Officer, Airbases | 7 September 2021 | |||||
James Philip Brayshaw | Head of Future Workforce Planning, Ministry of Defence | Administrative | 1 October 2021 | ||||
Alexander Brian Hicks | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, ISR), Air Command | 13 October 2021 | |||||
Simon Robert Strasdin | CBE | 18 October 2021 | |||||
Andrew Dickens | Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Director of Recruit Initial Training, No. 22 Group | OBE | 1 November 2021 | ||||
Andrew C. Males | Chief of Staff, Air Command | 8 November 2021 | |||||
Elizabeth Mary Purcell | Commander, NATO Standing Joint Logistic Support Group | 20 November 2021 | |||||
Gavin Paul Hellard | Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | CBE | 13 December 2021 | ||||
Anthony John Lyle | ADC | 17 December 2021 | |||||
Chris A. Mullen | 11 February 2022 | ||||||
Ian J. Sharrocks | Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group | OBE | 11 February 2022 | ||||
Jonathan Blythe Crawford | CBE | 20 May 2022 | |||||
Mark E. Puzey | Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project | 6 June 2022 | |||||
Mark John Farrell | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command | 16 June 2022 | |||||
James William Stephen Thompson | Air Officer, Force Protection Commander, Force Protection Force | CBE | 16 June 2022 | ||||
Lee Turner | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command | 16 June 2022 | |||||
Stephen Paul Kilvington | CBE | 21 June 2022 | |||||
Nicholas Charles Joseph Brittain | Assistant Chief of Staff (Career Management), Air Command | OBE | 29 July 2022 | ||||
S. M. Phythian | OBE, ARRC | 15 August 2022 | |||||
Nikki S. Thomas | UK Air Attaché to the USA | OBE | 13 September 2022 | ||||
Philip J. Arnold | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command | 14 September 2022 | |||||
M. W. Smith | Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence | Policy | OBE | 4 November 2022 | |||
Simon D. Joy | Policy | OBE | 15 November 2022 | ||||
Ola A. Fashade | Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Policy | 28 November 2022 | ||||
Andrew Gilbert | Head of Airworthieness Team Defence Equipment and Support | 15 December 2022 | |||||
Simon E. Young | Head of Air Systems Equipment and Training, Defence Equipment & Support | 3 January 2023 | |||||
Adam M. Bone | Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command | 5 January 2023 | |||||
Matthew J. Bressani | Head of Military Strategic Effects, Ministry of Defence | OBE | 9 January 2023 | ||||
Mark T. Manwaring | Head, Capability Safety Group, Army Command | 11 January 2023 | |||||
Nicholas J. Knight | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group | OBE | 30 January 2023 | ||||
Howard Edwards | Air Officer, Combat Air Commander, Combat Air Force | Policy | 30 January 2023 | ||||
Nicholas J. Stringer | Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Ministry of Defence | Policy | 17 February 2023 | ||||
F. M. Bradley | Head Defence Medical Services Regulator | Policy | RRC | 27 March 2023 | |||
Emily Jane Flynn | Head of Capability Joint Plans, Ministry of Defence | Policy | CBE | 31 March 2023 | |||
Georgia A. Williams | Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command | Policy | 2 May 2023 | ||||
Mark George Jackson | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Command | Policy | OBE | 15 May 2023 | |||
Matthew James Stowers | UK Defence Attaché to Oman | OBE | 28 May 2023 | ||||
Andrew P. Cooksley | Assistant Chief of Staff (Digital), Air Command | 26 June 2023 | |||||
Nicholas A. Tucker-Lowe | Assistant Chief of Staff (Combat Air), Air Command | DSO | 10 July 2023 | ||||
Gareth J. Bryant | Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support | OBE | 21 July 2023 | ||||
Martin G. Brockie | Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command | 24 July 2023 | |||||
Christopher R. Melville | Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command | OBE | 26 July 2023 | ||||
Alun G. Roberts | Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons | 31 July 2023 | |||||
Dorian James | Air Officer, Air Mobility Commander, Air Mobility Force | CBE | 14 August 2023 | ||||
Steven A. Berry | Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Programme | MBE | 21 August 2023 | ||||
W. E. Dole | Assistant Chief of Staff Infrastructure | OBE | 29 August 2023 | ||||
C. J. Layden | Deputy Director Military International Security | 6 October 2023 | |||||
David James Peter Crook | Head Strategic Workforce Planning & Recruiting | OBE | 13 October 2023 | ||||
P. M. Saul | Chief of Staff Air, Defence Equipment and Support | OBE | 27 October 2023 | ||||
C. S. Watson | Assistant Chief of Staff A4 | 30 October 2023 | |||||
A. D. Turk | Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force, Geilenkirchen Air Base | DFC | 1 November 2023 | ||||
D. R. Ellison | Head Healthcare and Strategic Plans, Defence Medical Services | 6 November 2023 | |||||
D. J. Whiteley | Deputy Director J5 USSPACECOM | 22 November 2023 | |||||
Patrick James Shea-Simonds | Assistant Chief of Staff Strategy | OBE | 30 November 2023 | ||||
P. J. Wadlow | Head Strategic Engagement | 15 December 2023 | |||||
William Richmond Gibson | Policy | MBE, ADC | 18 January 2024 | ||||
P. D. Yates | Deputy Director Infrastructure | Policy | 1 February 2024 | ||||
N. J. Paton | ISTAR Force Commander | Policy | DFC | 23 February 2024 | |||
Andrew David Huggett | Deputy Air Secretary | ? | |||||
C. M. Smith | Service Complaints Panel Member | ? | |||||
Malcolm K. Crayford | Service Complaints Panel Member | ? | |||||
Paul Nolan Oborn | Service Complaints Panel Member | Royal Air Force Reserve | ? | ||||
M. L. Cunningham | Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Joint Force Air Component Commander, Headquarters Air Command | Policy | 26 February 2024 | ||||
L. Griffin | Defence Infrastructure Organisation Head Accommodation | Policy | 4 March 2024 | ||||
S. E. Courtnadge | Head Defence Intelligence Russia and Eurasia Centre | Policy | 19 April 2024 | ||||
M. H. G. Carver | Deputy J5 Allied Integration, US Southern Command | Policy | 26 April 2024 | ||||
Christopher William Todd | Royal Air Force Reserve | 30 April 2024 | |||||
David John Rowland | Royal Air Force Reserve | 8 May 2024 | |||||
N. M. Worrall | CAOC Director/Deputy Director A3, Al Udeid Air Base | Policy | 24 May 2024 | ||||
Mark David Lorriman-Hughes | OBE | 4 June 2024 | |||||
Mark Edward Biggadike | Deputy Director Plans and Portfolio Management | MBE | 17 June 2024 | ||||
R. A. Caine | Director Flying Training, No. 22. Group, MOD Abbey Wood | MBE | 4 July 2024 | ||||
N. J. A. Huntley | Head Support Futures and Operational Energy | 22 July 2024 | |||||
J. P. Wariner | Royal Air Force Reserve |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
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Mark K. Ridgway | Commander, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence | 1 June 2020 | |||||
Mark Phelps | Deputy Director of Legal Services, Air Command | Legal Services | 9 October 2020 | ||||
Peter N. Cracroft | 15 March 2021 |