List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force

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][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Air Chief Marshals[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Michael Wigston		Chief of the Air Staff	Flying	KCB, CBE, ADC	26 July 2019	[10]

Air Marshals[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Sean K. P. Reynolds		Air Officer, Northern Ireland	Flying	CB, CBE, DFC	9 May 2016	[11][1]
Edward J. Stringer		to retire	Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor	CB, CBE	11 April 2018	[12]
Richard J. Knighton		Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability)	Engineer	CB	19 December 2018	[13]
Susan C. Gray		Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority to retire	Engineer	CB, OBE, FREng	8 June 2018	[14]
Gerard M. D. Mayhew		Deputy Commander (Operations), Air Command Air Member for Operations, Air Force Board	Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor	CBE	3 May 2019	[15]
Andrew M. Turner		Deputy Commander (Capability), Air Command Air Member for Personnel and Capability, Air Force Board	Flying, Helicopters	CB, CBE	23 May 2019	[16]
Martin Elliot Sampson		Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East Head of British Defence Staff in the Middle East	General Duties	CBE, DSO	5 February 2021	[1]
Ian D. Gale		Director-General, Defence Academy Director-General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command	Flying	MBE	22 April 2021	[17]

Air Vice-Marshals[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Ross Paterson		Air Officer, Scotland	Administrative	CB, OBE, ADC, DL		[1]
Elaine West		Service Complaints Panel Member	General Duties (Ground)	CBE	1 August 2013	[18]
Richard John Martin Broadbridge, Baron Broadbridge		Service Complaints Panel Member	Medical	CB, QHS	19 December 2014	[1]
Garry Tunnicliffe		Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies	Administrative	CVO	27 June 2016	[19]
Stephen Jeffery Shell		Director, Military Aviation Authority to be promoted, 7 January 2022	General Duties	CB, OBE, QCVS	1 December 2016	[1]
Michael Patrick Hart			Intelligence	CBE	9 December 2016	[20]
David John Stubbs			General Duties	CB, OBE	24 December 2016	[21]
Warren Austin William James		to retire	General Duties	CB, CBE	8 June 2017	[22]
Christopher J. Moore		to retire	Engineer	CBE	1 February 2018	[23]
Ian Francis Vallely			Intelligence		2 February 2018	[24]
John J. Stringer		On professional placement at Rebellion Defence, Inc.	Flying		28 February 2018	[23]
Harvey Smyth		Director of Space, Ministry of Defence	Flying	CB, OBE, DFC	20 July 2018	[25]
John Raymond Ellis		Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch	QHC	July 2018	[1]
Tamara Nancy Jennings		Director of Legal Services, Air Command	RAF Legal Branch	OBE	29 September 2018	[26]
Ian W. Duguid		Air Officer Commanding, No. 1 Group	Flying	CB, OBE	8 March 2018	[26]
Simon David Ellard		Director of Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	CB, QCVS	21 December 2018	[27]
Ranald Torquil Ian Munro		Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Chief of Staff (Reserves), Air Command	transferred from British Army	CBE, TD, VR, DL	23 September 2019	[28]
Alan K. Gillespie			Flying	CBE	14 October 2019	[29]
Richard Hill		Director of Defence Support Transformation, Strategic Command	Supply		21 October 2019	[30]
Lincoln S. Taylor		Chief of Staff (Capability), Air Command	Flying		2 December 2019	[31]
Maria Byford		Air Secretary Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command	RAF Medical Services	QHDS	24 February 2020	[32]
Clare S. Walton		Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	QHP	24 February 2020	[32]
Nigel J. Colman		Commander, Joint Helicopter Command	Flying, Helicopters	OBE	30 March 2020	[32]
Colin D. Da'Silva		Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans)	Flying		2 April 2020	[33][1]
Allan Paul Marshall		Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments)	Flying	OBE	10 April 2020	[32]
Michael J. Smeath		Head of British Defence Staff, United States UK Defence Attaché to the USA	Regiment	CBE	31 July 2020	[34]
Richard Clark Maddison		Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command	Flying	OBE	21 August 2020	[35]
Alastair P. T. Smith		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Defence Engagement)	Flying		31 August 2020	[36]
Paul H. Lloyd		Chief of Staff (Support), Air Command RAF Chief Engineer	Engineer	CBE	7 January 2021	[1]
Paul Alexander Godfrey		Commander, United Kingdom Space Command	Flying	OBE	8 March 2021	[37]
Justin S. Reuter		Chief of Staff, Strategic Command Directory of Strategy, Strategic Command	Flying	CBE	26 March 2021	[17]
Richard D. J. Withnall		Director of Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services		9 April 2021	[38]
Philip T. G. Lester		Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies			4 May 2021	[17]
Simon S. Edwards		Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Strategy)	Flying		17 May 2021	[17]
Timothy David Neal-Hopes		Director of Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Strategic Command	Engineer	OBE	9 August 2021	[39]
Suraya Antonia Marshall		Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group	Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor		11 October 2021	[40]
Philip Jeremy Robinson		Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command	Flying	CBE, DFC**	December 2021	[1]

Acting[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Christopher D. Snaith		Director, Saudi Armed Forces Projects		OBE	15 February 2021	[1]

Air Commodores[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Robert Adrian Williams		Air Officer, Wales	Flying	OBE, ADC	4 July 2006	[41]
Gerard Alan Opie		Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Delivery), Air Command	General Duties		1 July 2008	[42]
Jonathan Burr			General Duties	CBE, DFC	December 2012	[2]
Dean R. Andrew			General Duties	OBE	June 2013	[2][1]
Ian R. Tolfts				OBE	July 2014	[43]
James E. Linter		to retire	Flying	OBE	18 November 2014	[44]
Nigel T. Bradshaw		Deputy Defence Services Secretary Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence			13 April 2015	[1][45]
Stephen R. Thornber		to retire	Intelligence	CBE	16 October 2015	[1]
Nicholas J. Hay			Intelligence	OBE	8 January 2016	[46]
Lawrence J. Bennett		Joint Force Air Component Commander	Flying	OBE	5 April 2016	[47]
Richard P. Barrow		to retire	Flying, Navigator		2 June 2016	[48]
Adam M. Sansom		Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training	Engineer		24 June 2016	[49]
Peter James Murray Squires		Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence	Flying	OBE, ADC	17 August 2016	[50]
Michael A. Jeffery				OBE	19 September 2016	[1]
Simon Andrew Harper		Director of Ground Training, No. 22 Group	Administrative	OBE	26 September 2016	[51]
Scott M. Miller		Air Officer, Force Protection Force Protection Force Commander Commandant General, RAF Regiment	Regiment	QCVS	4 November 2016	[52]
David J. Rowland		Head of Project Strategy, Defence Digital	Engineer		11 November 2016	[52]
Peter Adrian Round		Service Complaints Team Panel Member	General Duties		1 December 2016	[21]
Richard John Atktinson		Service Complaints Panel Member	Flying General Duties	CBE	3 January 2017	[21]
Julian D. Ball		Head of Space Capability, Ministry of Defence		OBE	27 March 2017	[53]
David Cyril McLoughlin		Student, Royal College of Defence Studies	RAF Medical Services	OBE	27 March 2017	[53]
James E. Savage		Head of Regional Delivery Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Administrative	OBE	18 April 2017	[54]
Jefferson Brian Portlock		Service Complaints Panel Member	Flying		21 April 2017	[55]
Anthony J. Beasant		Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus	Regiment		24 April 2017	[54]
Jeremy J. Attridge		UK Air and Space Attaché to the USA	Flying	OBE	27 April 2017	[56]
David G. Bradshaw		to retire	Flying		28 April 2017	[54]
Mark Hunt		Head of Air ISTAR, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	12 June 2017	[57]
Dominic A. Stamp		Programme Director, Air Command Operating Model	Flying	CBE	3 July 2017	[58]
Richard James Paul		Assistant Chief of Staff (Career and Talent Management), Air Command	Administrative		17 July 2017	[57]
Adrian S. Burns		Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command	Personnel		19 July 2017	[57]
Andrew T. Martin		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command	Flying	OBE	21 July 2017	[57][1]
Catherine C. Coton		Head of the Air Staff, Air Command	Administrative		4 September 2017	[59]
James H. Hunter		Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group	Flying	MBE	16 October 2017	[60]
Mark W. J. Chappell		Head of Defence Commitments and Crises, Ministry of Defence	Flying		23 March 2018	[61]
Wendy Rothery		Head of Strategy, Defence Communications	Personnel		2 April 2018	[61]
Jon B. Osborne		Director of Operations and Engineering, NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency	Engineer		26 April 2018	[62]
Richard D. Pratley		Head of Defence Logistics Operations and Capability, Strategic Command	Logistics		7 May 2018	[62]
Mark S. Sexton		Deputy UK National Military Representative to NATO	Personnel		June 2018	[1]
Stephen M. R. Ward			Flying		13 August 2018	[63]
Michael R. Baulkwill		Air Officer, Combat Air Combat Air Force Commander	Flying		26 November 2018	[64]
Michael R. Wilson		Air Officer, Air Communication and Information Systems Air Communication and Information Systems Force Commander	Engineer		30 November 2018	[65]
Ian J. Laing		Military Head of Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence	Flying		10 December 2018	[65]
Richard A. Davies		Commandant, Air and Space Warfare Centre	Flying	CBE	14 December 2018	[65]
Steven R. Horne		to retire			7 January 2018	[66]
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell		UK Defence Attaché to Saudi Arabia	Personnel	OBE	8 January 2019	[66]
David Scott Arthurton		Air Officer, Lightning Lightning Force Commander	Flying	OBE	11 February 2019	[67]
Robert A. Woods		Chief of Staff (Air), Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	26 April 2019	[68]
Philip Alan Brooker		Head of Lightning II Delivery Team, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	3 June 2019	[10]
David J. Tozer		Head, Royal Air Force Support Services Programme	Engineer		3 June 2019	[10]
David Philip Manning		Air Officer, Air Mobility Air Mobility Force Commander	Flying		7 June 2019	[16]
Adrian Vincent Roland Bettridge		Head of Armed Forces Renumeration, Ministry of Defence	Personnel	OBE	22 July 2019	[69]
Jason Lee Appleton		Student, Royal College of Defence Studies	Flying		2 August 2019	[10]
Anthony C. Keeling		Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets	Engineer	MBE	6 September 2019	[69][70]
Timothy D. Q. Below		UK Defence Attaché to France Head of British Defence Staff in France	General Duties		19 September	[29]
Paul Joseph Warwick		UK Defence Attaché to Nigeria Head of British Defence Staff in West Africa	Logistics	CBE	31 December 2017	[29]
John Finbar Monahan		Head of Air, Space and Cyber Doctrine, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre	Flying	OBE, DFC	28 December 2019	[71]
Thomas James Patrick Burke		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command	Flying		6 January 2020	[71]
Christopher J. Egan		Head of Regulation and Certification, Military Aviation Authority	Engineer		8 February 2020	[72]
Jeremy D. Holmes		Head of the Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command	Flying	OBE	2 March 2020	[73]
Ian Jon Townsend		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Combat Air), Air Command	Flying	CBE	16 March 2020	[73]
Dale K. R. Daborn		Air Officer, Medical Operations Assistant Chief of Staff (Medical), Air Command Head, Royal Air Force Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	QHP	14 April 2020	[74]
Alastair William Douglas Craig		UK Defence Attaché to Oman	Flying		24 April 2020	[75]
David C. Tait		Head of Training, Education, Skills, Recruitment and Resettlement, Ministry of Defence	Operations Support	MBE	24 April 2020	[76]
Mark J. Northover		Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project	Engineer	MBE	17 July 2020	[36]
John Moreton		Head, Combat Air Acquisition Programme, Ministry of Defence Head of Combat Air, Ministry of Defence	Flying		24 July 2020	[34]
H. F. Smith		Deputy Director, European Air Group	Flying		24 July 2020	[34]
Timothy Telfer Jones		Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command		CBE	20 July 2020
Stephen Alec Bentley		Head of Capability Special Projects and CBRN Capability, Strategic Command	Flying	CBE	11 August 2020	[35]
Shaun Harris		Air Officer, Logistics Logistics Force Commander	Engineer	CBE	1 September 2020	[35]
Ian D. Chesworth		Head of Joint User Cyber Effects, Strategic Command	Engineer	OBE	10 August 2020	[36]
Jason N. Young		Head of C4 and Joint User Information, Defence Digital	Engineer		16 September 2020	[36]
Andrew Neil Grant		Air Officer, Support Support Force Commander			October 2020
Hamish Roy Callender Cormack		Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy Assistant Commandant (Air and Space), Joint Services Command and Staff College	Flying	CBE	16 October 2020	[36]
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	[36]
Stuart S. Stirrat		Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Permanent Joint Headquarters	Intelligence		6 November 2020	[36]
Richard Fogden		Director, RAF Sport			1 December 2020	[45]
Paul Michael Rose		Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support		MBE	4 December 2020	[77]
Martin Christopher Lowe		Head of Typhoon Delivery Team, Defence Equipment and Support			18 December 2020	[78]
Richard James Yates		Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Typhoon Programme		MBE	29 January 2021	[78]
Edward Admam Sansome		Head, RAF Safety Centre			1 March 2021	[79]
Richard Glyn Jacob		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2IAMD), Air Command			1 April 2021	[37]
Luke J. Houghton		Head of Healthcare Plans, Defence Medical Services	Medical		26 April 2021	[37]
Mike James Blackburn		UK Defence Attaché to China			5 May 2021	[37]
Mark Robert Flewin		Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command	Flying	CBE	May 2021	[1]
Kevin Stephen Cowieson		Air Officer, Battlespace Management Battlespace Management Force Commander			9 July 2021	[80]
Joanne L. Lincoln		Assistant Chief of Staff (Workforce Requirements and Recruiting), Air Command		MBE	15 July 2021	[39]
Angela Marjorie Baker		Head of Strategy and Force Development, Strategic Command			26 July 2021	[39]
Adrian P. Hill		Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Allied Air Command			30 July 2021	[39]
Adam Boyd Wardrope		Head of Financial Military Capability Plans, Ministry of Defence		CBE, DFC	3 September 2021	[81]
Adrian James Portlock		Assistant Chief of Staff (Infrastructure), Air Command			7 September 2021	[81]
James Philip Brayshaw		Military Lead, Defence People Transformation Head of Future Workforce Planning, Ministry of Defence			1 October 2021	[82]
Alexander Brian Hicks		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, ISR), Air Command			13 October 2021	[40]
Simon R. Strasdin		Air Officer, ISTAR ISTAR Force Commander			18 October 2021	[40]
Thomas Ashbridge		Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans), Defence Digital Head of Customer Services, Defence Digital			25 October 2021	[82]
Andrew Dickens		Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell		OBE	1 November 2021	[82]
Andrew C. Males		Chief of Staff, Air Command HQ			8 November 2021	[82]
Elizabeth Mary Purcell		Commander, Standing Joint Logistic Support Group, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe			20 November 2021	[40]
Gavin Paul Hellard		Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force			13 December 2021	[1]
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			?

Acting[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Mark K. Ridgway		Deputy Director of Intelligence, United States Central Command			1 June 2020	[1]
Mark Phelps		Deputy Director of Legal Services, Air Command	Legal Services		9 October 2020	[1]
Peter N. Cracroft		Defence Attaché in Training			15 March 2021	[1]
Mark John Farrell		Air Officer Commanding, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group United Kingdom Air Component Commander			October 2021	[1]
A. J. Lyle		Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command HQ			29 November 2021	[1]

See also[]

• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines
• List of serving senior officers of the British Army

References[]

External links[]

• RAF Senior Appointments