List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force explained

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]

Air Marshals

NamePhotoAppointmentBranchDecorationsDate of promotionRef
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
EngineerCBE 18 September 2023
Flying OBE 8 March 2024
Assistant chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, US Space ForceFlying OBE 12 July 2024

Air Vice-Marshals

NamePhotoAppointmentBranchDecorationsDate of promotionRef
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 Reserve4 May 2021
Air Secretary
Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command
Flying 17 May 2021
Timothy David Neal-Hopes Commander, National Cyber ForceEngineer OBE 9 August 2021
Assistant Chief of the Air StaffFlying, Qualified Weapons Instructor CBE 11 October 2021
Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint HeadquartersFlying 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

Acting

NamePhotoAppointmentBranchDecorationsDate of promotionRef
Christopher D. Snaith Director of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Saudi Arabia Armed Forces ProgrammeOBE 15 February 2021
Royal Air Force ReserveCB

Air Commodores

NamePhotoAppointmentBranchDecorationsDate of promotionRef
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 LogisticsCBE 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 ProvostJune 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 ADC26 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 CBE18 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
Policy30 January 2023
Nicholas J. Stringer Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Ministry of Defence Policy17 February 2023
F. M. Bradley Head Defence Medical Services Regulator PolicyRRC 27 March 2023
Emily Jane Flynn Head of Capability Joint Plans, Ministry of Defence PolicyCBE31 March 2023
Georgia A. Williams Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command Policy2 May 2023
Mark George Jackson Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command
Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Command
PolicyOBE15 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 OBE13 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 BaseDFC 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 Reserve30 April 2024
David John Rowland Royal Air Force Reserve8 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

Acting

NamePhotoAppointmentBranchDecorationsDate of promotionRef
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

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior Appointments . . 13 November 2020 . raf.mod.uk . Royal Air Force . 13 November 2020 .
  2. Web site: Air Chief Marshals November 2020 . Mackie . Colin . 1 November 2020 . gulabin.com . Colin Mackie . 13 November 2020 .