List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force

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This is a of serving senior officers in the

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
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 David Gale
Director-General,
Strategic Command
Flying CB, MBE 22 April 2021 [6]
Stephen Jeffrey Shell
Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority General Duties CB, OBE,
QCVS
12 January 2022 [7]
John Jackson Stringer
Deputy Commander, Allied Air Command Flying CBE 1 August 2022 [8]
Harvey Smyth
Flying CB, OBE, DFC 26 August 2022 [9]
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 [10]
Allan Paul Marshall
Air and Space Commander Flying OBE 8 March 2024 [11]

Acting

Name Photo Appointment Branch Decorations Date of promotion Ref
Paul Harron Lloyd
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command
Air Member for Personnel
, Air Force Board
CBE 15 September 2023 [1]

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
Commander, United Kingdom Space Command 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 [6]
Simon S. Edwards
Air Secretary
Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command
Flying 17 May 2021 [6]
Timothy David Neal-Hopes Engineer OBE 9 August 2021 [25]
Suraya Antonia Marshall
Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor CBE 11 October 2021 [26]
Philip Jeremy Robinson
Flying CBE, DFC** 6 December 2021 [27]
Mark W. J. Chappell
Senior British Military Advisor, United States Central Command Flying 5 January 2021 [28]
Richard D. Pratley
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) Logistics 2 May 2022 [29]
David Scott Arthurton
Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital Flying OBE 13 May 2022 [30]
Peter James Murray Squires
Commander,
Sovereign Base Areas
Flying OBE, ADC 1 September 2022 [31]
Giles Leslie Legood
Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch MBE, KHC 5 August 2022 [32]
John Finbar Monahan Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre Policy OBE, DFC 10 October 2022 [33]
Timothy Telfer Jones
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) CBE 2 December 2022 [34]
Mark Robert Flewin
Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group Flying CBE 12 January 2023 [35]
Philip Alan Brooker Director Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support Engineer OBE 12 May 2023 [36]
Ian Jon Townsend
Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group Flying CBE 22 May 2023 [37]
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 [37]
Thomas James Patrick Burke
Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group
Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command
Flying 25 August 2023 [38]
Shaun Harris
Director Support, and Chief Engineer (RAF) Engineer CBE 27 September 2023 [36]
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 [39]

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 [40]

Air Commodores

Name Photo Appointment Branch Decorations Date of promotion Ref
Robert Adrian Williams
Air Officer, Wales Flying OBE 4 July 2006 [41]
Gerard Alan Opie Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Delivery), Air Command General Duties CBE 1 July 2008 [42]
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 Timothy Bradshaw Deputy Defence Services Secretary
Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence
13 April 2015 [1][45]
Adam Mark Sansom
Engineer 24 June 2016 [46]
Simon Andrew Harper
Administrative OBE 26 September 2016 [47]
David J. Rowland Engineer 11 November 2016 [48]
James E. Savage
Head of Regional Delivery Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Administrative OBE 18 April 2017 [49]
Jefferson Brian Portlock
Service Complaints Panel Member Flying 21 April 2017 [50]
Anthony John Beasant to retire Regiment CBE 24 April 2017 [49]
Mark Hunt
Head of Air ISTAR, Defence Equipment and Support Engineer OBE 12 June 2017 [51]
Dominic A. Stamp
Defence Attaché in Waiting Flying CBE 3 July 2017 [52]
Adrian S. Burns
Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command Personnel 19 July 2017 [51]
Andrew T. Martin Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command Flying OBE 21 July 2017 [51][1]
Suzanne Natalie Perkins Logistics CBE August 2017 [1]
Catherine Clare Coton Air Commodore Air Staff, Air Command Administrative CBE 4 September 2017 [53]
Wendy Rothery
Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence Personnel 2 April 2018 [54]
Mark S. Sexton Provost June 2018 [1]
Michael R. Wilson Head of Cyber Governance and Risk Compliance, Ministry of Defence Engineer 30 November 2018 [55]
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell Personnel CBE 8 January 2019 [56]
Robert A. Woods
Chief of Staff (Air), Engineer OBE ADC 26 April 2019 [57]
Anthony C. Keeling
Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets Engineer MBE 6 September 2019 [58][59]
Jeremy D. Holmes Flying OBE 2 March 2020 [60]
David C. Tait
Operations Support MBE 24 April 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 [45]
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 [25]
Angela Marjorie Baker 26 July 2021 [25]
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 [26]
Simon Robert Strasdin
CBE 18 October 2021 [26]
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 [26]
Gavin Paul Hellard
Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force CBE 13 December 2021 [66]
Anthony John Lyle
17 December 2021 [27]
Chris A. Mullen
Chief of Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 11 February 2022 [7]
Ian J. Sharrocks Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group OBE 11 February 2022 [28]
Jonathan Blythe Crawford
Commandant, Air and Space Warfare Centre CBE 20 May 2022 [29]
Mark E. Puzey Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project 6 June 2022 [29]
Mark John Farrell
Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command 16 June 2022 [31][1]
Jamie William Stephen Thompson
Air Officer, Force Protection
Commander, Force Protection Force
16 June 2022 [31][1]
Lee Turner
Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command 16 June 2022 [31][1]
Stephen Paul Kilvington
UK National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe CBE 21 June 2022 [30]
Nicholas Charles Joseph Brittain Assistant Chief of Staff (Career Management), Air Command OBE 29 July 2022 [8]
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 [8]
Nikki S. Thomas UK Air Attaché to the USA OBE 13 September 2022 [31]
Philip J. Arnold Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group
Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command
14 September 2022 [31]
M. W. Smith Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence Policy OBE 4 November 2022 [33]
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 [34]
Simon E. Young Head of Air Systems Equipment and Training, Defence Equipment & Support 3 January 2023 [35]
Adam M. Bone Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command 5 January 2023 [35]
Matthew J. Bressani Head of Military Strategic Effects, Ministry of Defence OBE 9 January 2023 [35]
Mark T. Manwaring Head, Capability Safety Group, Army Command 11 January 2023 [35]
Nicholas J. Knight Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group OBE 30 January 2023 [35]
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 [37]
Andrew P. Cooksley Assistant Chief of Staff (Digital), Air Command 26 June 2023 [10]
Nicholas A. Tucker-Lowe Assistant Chief of Staff (Combat Air), Air Command DSO 10 July 2023 [10]
Gareth J. Bryant Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support OBE 21 July 2023 [10]
Martin G. Brockie Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command 24 July 2023 [10]
Christopher R. Melville Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command OBE 26 July 2023 [10]
Alun G. Roberts Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons 31 July 2023 [10]
Dorian James Air Officer, Air Mobility
Commander, Air Mobility Force
CBE 14 August 2023 [10]
Steven A. Berry Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Programme MBE 21 August 2023 [10]
W. E. Dole Assistant Chief of Staff Infrastructure OBE 29 August 2023 [38]
C. J. Layden Deputy Director Military International Security 6 October 2023 [36]
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 [36]
C. S. Watson Assistant Chief of Staff A4 30 October 2023 [36]
A. D. Turk Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force , Geilenkirchen Air Base DFC 1 November 2023 [36]
D. R. Ellison Head Healthcare and Strategic Plans, Defence Medical Services 6 November 2023 [36]
D. J. Whiteley Deputy Director J5 USSPACECOM 22 November 2023 [36]
Patrick James Shea-Simonds Assistant Chief of Staff Strategy OBE 30 November 2023 [36]
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 [39]
L. Griffin Defence Infrastructure Organisation Head Accomodation Policy 4 March 2024 [39]

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]

See also

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