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 Chief Marshals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Richard John Knighton | ![]() | Chief of the Air Staff | Engineer | KCB, ADC | 2 June 2023 | [3] |
Air Marshals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sean Keith Paul Reynolds | ![]() | Air Officer, Northern Ireland | Royal Air Force Reserve | CB, CBE, DFC | 9 May 2016 | [4][1][5] |
Martin Elliot Sampson | ![]() | General Duties | CB, CBE, DSO | 5 February 2021 | [1] | |
Stephen Jeffrey Shell | ![]() | Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority | General Duties | CB, OBE, QCVS | 12 January 2022 | [6] |
John Jackson Stringer | ![]() | Deputy Commander, Allied Air Command | Flying | CBE | 1 August 2022 | [7] |
Harvey Smyth | ![]() | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) | Flying | CB, OBE, DFC | 26 August 2022 | [8] |
Richard Clark Maddison | ![]() | Flying | OBE | 2 May 2023 | [3] | |
Clare Samantha Walton | ![]() | Director General, Defence Medical Services | RAF Medical Services | CB, KHP | 3 July 2023 | [9] |
Paul Harron Lloyd | ![]() | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command Air Member for Personnel, Air Force Board | CBE | 18 September 2023 | [10] | |
Allan Paul Marshall | ![]() | Air and Space Commander | Flying | OBE | 8 March 2024 | [11] |
Acting
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Air Vice-Marshals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ross Paterson | ![]() | Administrative | CB, OBE, DL | [1][12] | ||
Elaine West | ![]() | Service Complaints Panel Member | General Duties (Ground) | CBE | 1 August 2013 | [13] |
Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge | ![]() | Service Complaints Panel Member | Medical | CB, KHS | 19 December 2014 | [1][14] |
Warren Austin William James | ![]() | to retire | General Duties | CB, CBE | 8 June 2017 | [15] |
Christopher J. Moore | ![]() | to retire | Engineer | CBE | 1 February 2018 | [16] |
Tamara Nancy Jennings | ![]() | Director of Legal Services, Air Command | RAF Legal Branch | OBE | 29 September 2018 | [17] |
Ranald Torquil Ian Munro | ![]() | Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Chief of Staff (Reserves), Air Command | transferred from British Army | CB, CBE, TD, VR, DL | 23 September 2019 | [18] |
Alan K. Gillespie | ![]() | Director, Military Aviation Authority | Flying | CBE | 14 October 2019 | [19] |
Lincoln Scott Taylor | Chief of Staff (Capability), Air Command | Flying | CB, OBE | 2 December 2019 | [20] | |
Maria Byford | ![]() | to retire | RAF Medical Services | QHDS | 24 February 2020 | [21] |
Michael J. Smeath | ![]() | Director, Global Defence Network Commandant General, Royal Air Force Regiment | Regiment | CBE | 31 July 2020 | [22] |
Alastair P. T. Smith | ![]() | Commander, Joint Helicopter Command | Flying | 31 August 2020 | [23] | |
Paul Alexander Godfrey | ![]() | Flying | OBE | 8 March 2021 | [24] | |
Philip T. G. Lester | Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Air Force Reserve | 4 May 2021 | [25] | ||
Simon S. Edwards | ![]() | Air Secretary Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command | Flying | 17 May 2021 | [25] | |
Timothy David Neal-Hopes | Engineer | OBE | 9 August 2021 | [26] | ||
Suraya Antonia Marshall | ![]() | Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor | CBE | 11 October 2021 | [27] | |
Philip Jeremy Robinson | ![]() | Flying | CBE, DFC** | 6 December 2021 | [28] | |
Mark W. J. Chappell | ![]() | Senior British Military Advisor, United States Central Command | Flying | 5 January 2021 | [29] | |
Richard D. Pratley | ![]() | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) | Logistics | 2 May 2022 | [30] | |
David Scott Arthurton | ![]() | Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital | Flying | OBE | 13 May 2022 | [31] |
Peter James Murray Squires | ![]() | Commander, British Forces Cyprus Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas | Flying | OBE, ADC | 1 September 2022 | [32] |
Giles Leslie Legood | ![]() | Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force | Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch | MBE, KHC | 5 August 2022 | [33] |
John Finbar Monahan | Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Policy | OBE, DFC | 10 October 2022 | [34] | |
Timothy Telfer Jones | ![]() | Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) | CBE | 2 December 2022 | [35] | |
Mark Robert Flewin | ![]() | Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group | Flying | CBE | 12 January 2023 | [36] |
Philip Alan Brooker | Director Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineer | OBE | 12 May 2023 | [37] | |
Ian Jon Townsend | ![]() | Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group | Flying | CBE | 22 May 2023 | [38] |
David Cyril McLoughlin | ![]() | Director of Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services | RAF Medical Services | CBE | 5 June 2023 | [3] |
Jeremy J. Attridge | ![]() | Director, Saudi Armed Forces Project | Flying | OBE | 20 June 2023 | [38] |
Thomas James Patrick Burke | ![]() | Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command | Flying | 25 August 2023 | [39] | |
Shaun Harris | ![]() | Director Support, and Chief Engineer (RAF) | Engineer | CBE | 27 September 2023 | [37] |
Jason Lee Appleton | ![]() | Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group | Flying | 29 February 2024 | [11] | |
James Anthony Beck | ![]() | Director Capability and Programmes | OBE | 2 April 2024 | [40] |
Acting
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher D. Snaith | ![]() | OBE | 15 February 2021 | [1] | ||
Raymond Jackson Pentland | ![]() | Royal Air Force Reserve | CB | [41][42] |
Air Commodores
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerard Alan Opie | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Delivery), Air Command | General Duties | CBE | 1 July 2008 | [43] | |
Dean R. Andrew | ![]() | General Duties | OBE | June 2013 | [2][1] | |
Ian R. Tolfts | ![]() | OBE | July 2014 | [44] | ||
James E. Linter | ![]() | to retire | Flying | OBE | 18 November 2014 | [45] |
Nigel Timothy Bradshaw | Deputy Defence Services Secretary Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence | 13 April 2015 | [1][46] | |||
Adam Mark Sansom | ![]() | Engineer | 24 June 2016 | [47] | ||
Simon Andrew Harper | ![]() | Administrative | OBE | 26 September 2016 | [48] | |
David J. Rowland | Engineer | 11 November 2016 | [49] | |||
James E. Savage | ![]() | Head of Regional Delivery Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Administrative | OBE | 18 April 2017 | [50] |
Jefferson Brian Portlock | ![]() | Service Complaints Panel Member | Flying | 21 April 2017 | [51] | |
Anthony John Beasant | to retire | Regiment | CBE | 24 April 2017 | [50] | |
Mark Hunt | ![]() | Head of Air ISTAR, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineer | OBE | 12 June 2017 | [52] |
Dominic A. Stamp | ![]() | Defence Attaché in Waiting | Flying | CBE | 3 July 2017 | [53] |
Adrian S. Burns | ![]() | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command | Personnel | 19 July 2017 | [52] | |
Andrew T. Martin | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command | Flying | OBE | 21 July 2017 | [52][1] | |
Suzanne Natalie Perkins | Logistics | CBE | August 2017 | [1] | ||
Catherine Clare Coton | Air Commodore Air Staff, Air Command | Administrative | CBE | 4 September 2017 | [54] | |
Wendy Rothery | ![]() | Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence | Personnel | 2 April 2018 | [55] | |
Mark S. Sexton | Provost | June 2018 | [1] | |||
Michael R. Wilson | Head of Cyber Governance and Risk Compliance, Ministry of Defence | Engineer | 30 November 2018 | [56] | ||
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell | Personnel | CBE | 8 January 2019 | [57] | ||
Robert A. Woods | ![]() | Air Officer, Wales | Engineer | OBE ADC | 26 April 2019 | [58] |
Anthony C. Keeling | ![]() | Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets | Engineer | MBE | 6 September 2019 | [59][60] |
Jeremy D. Holmes | Flying | OBE | 2 March 2020 | [61] | ||
Hugh F. Smith | Head of Air, Space and Cyber Doctrine, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Flying | 24 July 2020 | [22] | ||
Jason N. Young | Head of C4 and Joint User Information, Defence Digital | Engineer | 16 September 2020 | [23] | ||
Andrew Neil Grant | October 2020 | |||||
Hamish Roy Callender Cormack | ![]() | Flying | CBE | 16 October 2020 | [23] | |
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 | [23] | ||
Richard Fogden | Director, RAF Sport | 1 December 2020 | [46] | |||
Paul Michael Rose | align="center"| | MBE | 4 December 2020 | [62] | ||
Martin Christopher Lowe | Programme Director, Future Combat Air Systems | 18 December 2020 | [63] | |||
Richard James Yates | Royal College of Defence Studies | MBE | 29 January 2021 | [63] | ||
Richard Glyn Jacob | ![]() | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2IAMD), Air Command | 1 April 2021 | [24] | ||
Luke J. Houghton | Medical | 26 April 2021 | [24] | |||
Mike James Blackburn | ![]() | UK Defence Attaché to China | 5 May 2021 | [24] | ||
Joanne L. Lincoln | ![]() | MBE | 15 July 2021 | [26] | ||
Angela Marjorie Baker | 26 July 2021 | [26] | ||||
Adam Boyd Wardrope | ![]() | Flying | CBE, DFC | 3 September 2021 | [64] | |
Adrian James Portlock | Air Officer, Airbases | 7 September 2021 | [64] | |||
James Philip Brayshaw | ![]() | Head of Future Workforce Planning, Ministry of Defence | Administrative | 1 October 2021 | [65] | |
Alexander Brian Hicks | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, ISR), Air Command | 13 October 2021 | [27] | |||
Simon Robert Strasdin | ![]() | CBE | 18 October 2021 | [27] | ||
Thomas Ashbridge | 25 October 2021 | [65] | ||||
Andrew Dickens | Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Director of Recruit Initial Training, No. 22 Group | OBE | 1 November 2021 | [65] | ||
Andrew C. Males | Chief of Staff, Air Command | 8 November 2021 | [65] | |||
Elizabeth Mary Purcell | Commander, NATO Standing Joint Logistic Support Group | 20 November 2021 | [27] | |||
Gavin Paul Hellard | ![]() | Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | CBE | 13 December 2021 | [66] | |
Anthony John Lyle | ![]() | 17 December 2021 | [28] | |||
Chris A. Mullen | ![]() | Chief of Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | 11 February 2022 | [6] | ||
Ian J. Sharrocks | Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group | OBE | 11 February 2022 | [29] | ||
Jonathan Blythe Crawford | ![]() | Commandant, Air and Space Warfare Centre | CBE | 20 May 2022 | [30] | |
Mark E. Puzey | Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project | 6 June 2022 | [30] | |||
Mark John Farrell | ![]() | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command | 16 June 2022 | [32][1] | ||
James William Stephen Thompson | ![]() | Air Officer, Force Protection Commander, Force Protection Force | CBE | 16 June 2022 | [32][1] | |
Lee Turner | ![]() | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command | 16 June 2022 | [32][1] | ||
Stephen Paul Kilvington | ![]() | UK National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | CBE | 21 June 2022 | [31] | |
Nicholas Charles Joseph Brittain | Assistant Chief of Staff (Career Management), Air Command | OBE | 29 July 2022 | [7] | ||
S. M. Phythian | Air Officer, Medical Operations Assistant Chief of Staff (Medical), Air Command Head, Royal Air Force Medical Services | Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service | OBE, ARRC | 15 August 2022 | [7] | |
Nikki S. Thomas | UK Air Attaché to the USA | OBE | 13 September 2022 | [32] | ||
Philip J. Arnold | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command | 14 September 2022 | [32] | |||
M. W. Smith | Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence | Policy | OBE | 4 November 2022 | [34] | |
Simon D. Joy | Head of Regulation and Certification, Military Aviation Authority | Policy | OBE | 15 November 2022 | [67] | |
Ola A. Fashade | Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Policy | 28 November 2022 | [67] | ||
Andrew Gilbert | Head of Airworthieness Team Defence Equipment and Support | 15 December 2022 | [35] | |||
Simon E. Young | Head of Air Systems Equipment and Training, Defence Equipment & Support | 3 January 2023 | [36] | |||
Adam M. Bone | Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command | 5 January 2023 | [36] | |||
Matthew J. Bressani | Head of Military Strategic Effects, Ministry of Defence | OBE | 9 January 2023 | [36] | ||
Mark T. Manwaring | Head, Capability Safety Group, Army Command | 11 January 2023 | [36] | |||
Nicholas J. Knight | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group | OBE | 30 January 2023 | [36] | ||
Howard Edwards | Air Officer, Combat Air Commander, Combat Air Force | Policy | 30 January 2023 | [68] | ||
Nicholas J. Stringer | Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Ministry of Defence | Policy | 17 February 2023 | [68] | ||
F. M. Bradley | Head Defence Medical Services Regulator | Policy | RRC | 27 March 2023 | [69] | |
Emily Jane Flynn | Head of Capability Joint Plans, Ministry of Defence | Policy | CBE | 31 March 2023 | [69] | |
Georgia A. Williams | Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command | Policy | 2 May 2023 | [70] | ||
Mark George Jackson | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Command | Policy | OBE | 15 May 2023 | [70] | |
Matthew James Stowers | UK Defence Attaché to Oman | OBE | 28 May 2023 | [38] | ||
Andrew P. Cooksley | Assistant Chief of Staff (Digital), Air Command | 26 June 2023 | [9] | |||
Nicholas A. Tucker-Lowe | Assistant Chief of Staff (Combat Air), Air Command | DSO | 10 July 2023 | [9] | ||
Gareth J. Bryant | Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support | OBE | 21 July 2023 | [9] | ||
Martin G. Brockie | Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command | 24 July 2023 | [9] | |||
Christopher R. Melville | Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command | OBE | 26 July 2023 | [9] | ||
Alun G. Roberts | Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons | 31 July 2023 | [9] | |||
Dorian James | Air Officer, Air Mobility Commander, Air Mobility Force | CBE | 14 August 2023 | [9] | ||
Steven A. Berry | Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Programme | MBE | 21 August 2023 | [9] | ||
W. E. Dole | Assistant Chief of Staff Infrastructure | OBE | 29 August 2023 | [39] | ||
C. J. Layden | Deputy Director Military International Security | 6 October 2023 | [37] | |||
David James Peter Crook | Head Strategic Workforce Planning & Recruiting | OBE | 13 October 2023 | [71] | ||
P. M. Saul | Chief of Staff Air, Defence Equipment and Support | OBE | 27 October 2023 | [37] | ||
C. S. Watson | Assistant Chief of Staff A4 | 30 October 2023 | [37] | |||
A. D. Turk | Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force , Geilenkirchen Air Base | DFC | 1 November 2023 | [37] | ||
D. R. Ellison | Head Healthcare and Strategic Plans, Defence Medical Services | 6 November 2023 | [37] | |||
D. J. Whiteley | Deputy Director J5 USSPACECOM | 22 November 2023 | [37] | |||
Patrick James Shea-Simonds | Assistant Chief of Staff Strategy | OBE | 30 November 2023 | [37] | ||
P. J. Wadlow | Head Strategic Engagement | 15 December 2023 | [72] | |||
William Richmond Gibson | ![]() | Air Officer Scotland | Policy | MBE, ADC | 18 January 2024 | [73][74] |
P. D. Yates | Deputy Director Infrastructure | Policy | 1 February 2024 | [75] | ||
N. J. Paton | ISTAR Force Commander | Policy | DFC | 23 February 2024 | [11] | |
Andrew David Huggett | Deputy Air Secretary | ? | [76] | |||
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 | ? | [14] | ||
N. J. Gordon | [12] | |||||
M. L. Cunningham | Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Joint Force Air Component Commander, Headquarters Air Command | Policy | 26 February 2024 | [40] | ||
L. Griffin | Defence Infrastructure Organisation Head Accommodation | Policy | 4 March 2024 | [40] | ||
S. E. Courtnadge | Head Defence Intelligence Russia and Eurasia Centre | Policy | 19 April 2024 | [77] | ||
M. H. G. Carver | Deputy J5 Allied Integration, US Southern Command | Policy | 26 April 2024 | [77] | ||
N. M. Worrall | CAOC Director/Deputy Director A3, Al Udeid Air Base | Policy | 24 May 2024 | [78] | ||
Mark David Lorriman-Hughes | Deputy Director J2 CENTCOM | OBE | 4 June 2024 | [10] | ||
Mark Edward Biggadike | Deputy Director Plans and Portfolio Management | MBE | 17 June 2024 | [10] | ||
J. P. Wariner | Royal Air Force Reserve | [42] |
Acting
Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark K. Ridgway | Commander, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence | 1 June 2020 | [1] | |||
Mark Phelps | Deputy Director of Legal Services, Air Command | Legal Services | 9 October 2020 | [1] | ||
Peter N. Cracroft | ![]() | 15 March 2021 | [1] |
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