Honorific Prefix: | Air Chief Marshal |
Sir Michael Alcock | |
Honorific Suffix: | GCB KBE FREng FIMechE FRAeS |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1936 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1959–96 |
Rank: | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands: | Logistics Command (1994–96) |
Awards: | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Laterwork: | Aerospace consultant |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert James Michael Alcock, [1] (born 11 July 1936),[2] usually referred to as Sir Michael Alcock, is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and an aerospace consultant.
Educated at Victoria College, Jersey,[3] Alcock was commissioned in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force in 1959.[4]
By the time of the Gulf War, Alcock was Air Officer Engineering at Headquarters Strike Command.[4] He was appointed the RAF's Chief Engineer in 1991,[5] and promoted to air chief marshal in 1993. The following year Alcock graduated from Cranfield University[6] before being appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief the newly established Logistics Command on 1 April 1994. The role also carried with it a seat on the Air Force Board as the Air Member for Logistics and Alcock became the first non-aircrew officer to sit on the Air Force Board.[4] Additionally, Alcock continued to be designated as the RAF's Chief Engineer.[7] Alcock was succeeded by Sir John Allison on 8 March 1996.[8] He retired from the RAF on 25 June 1996, and subsequently worked as an aerospace consultant.[9]