Suraya Marshall
Suraya Marshall | |
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| Born | 1973 (age 48) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1994 - present |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands held | No. 2 Group RAF Royal Air Force College Cranwell No. 55 Squadron RAF No. 92 Squadron RAF |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Antonia Marshall (born 1973) is a senior Royal Air Force officer, serving as air officer commanding of No. 2 Group RAF.
Education and career[]
After studying law at University of Nottingham, she joined the RAF as a navigator in 1994.[1] She flew in the Tornado F3, and in 2000 became the first woman to pass the Qualified Weapons Instructor Course for the Tornado F3.[2] She served as Officer Commanding of No. 92 Squadron RAF and No. 55 Squadron RAF.[1][2] She was Director of Coalition Air Operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan during 2019.[2]
In November 2019, she was appointed Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, the RAF's aircrew and officer training academy, holding the rank of air commodore.[3] On 6 October 2021 she was promoted to air vice-marshal and appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group: she is the first woman to command one of the RAF's two operational groups.[2][4] She is the highest ranking BAME person in the British military.[5]
She is married to Air Vice-Marshal Allan Marshall, and together they have two children.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Our ambassadors". rafa.org.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d "RAF appoints first woman to command an 'Operational' Air Group". Royal Air Force. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Senior Appointments: 20 February 2019". Royal Air Force. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Senior Appointments: 12 August 2021". Royal Air Force. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "RAF reflects on Black History Month and supporting events". Royal Air Force. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "No 2 Group: Air Officer Commanding". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- British navigators
- British women aviators
- British flight instructors
- Royal Air Force officers
- Royal Air Force air marshals
- Female air force generals and air marshals
- Alumni of the University of Nottingham
- Women academic administrators
- Commandants of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell
- Women in the Royal Air Force
- 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
- 21st-century Royal Air Force personnel
- Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War
- Royal Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)