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
Stuart W. Peach		Chairman of the NATO Military Committee	Flying, Navigator	KBE, KCB, DL	December 2011	[10][11][12]
Michael Wigston		Chief of the Air Staff	Flying	GCB, CBE	26 July 2019	[13]

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	[14][1]
Edward J. Stringer		Director-General of the Defence Academy Director-General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command	Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor	CB, CBE	11 April 2018	[15]
Richard J. Knighton		Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability)	Engineer	CB	19 December 2018	[16]
Susan C. Gray		Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority	Engineer	CB, OBE, FREng	8 June 2018	[17]
Gerard M. D. Mayhew		Deputy Commander (Operations), Air Command Air Member for Operations, Air Force Board	Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor	CBE	3 May 2019	[18]
Andrew M. Turner		Deputy Commander (Capability), Air Command Air Member for Personnel and Capability, Air Force Board	Flying, Helicopters	CB, CBE	23 May 2019	[19]

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	[20]
Garry Tunnicliffe		Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies	Administrative	CVO	27 June 2016	[21]
Keith H.R. Bethell		to retire, 2021	Engineer	CBE	4 July 2016	[22][1]
Graham M. Russell		Director of Helicopters, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	CB	1 July 2016	[23]
Stephen Jeffery Shell		Director, Military Aviation Authority	General Duties	CB, OBE, QCVS	1 December 2016	[1]
Warren A.W. James			General Duties	CBE	8 June 2017	[24]
Michael P. Hart		Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre	Operations Support	CBE	9 December 2016	[25]
Martin Elliot Sampson		Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East Head of British Defence Staff in the Middle East	General Duties	CBE, DSO	1 January 2018	[26]
Christopher J. Moore		Director of Operations, Defence Digital	Engineer	CBE	1 February 2018	[27]
Ian F. Vallely		Director of Cyber, Intelligence and Information Integration, Defence Intelligence	Intelligence		2 February 2018	[26]
John J. Stringer			Flying		28 February 2018	[27]
Alastair Reid		Defence Medical Director, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	CB, QHP	1 June 2018	[28]
Harvey Smyth		Director of Space, Ministry of Defence	Flying	CB, OBE, DFC	20 July 2018	[29]
John Raymond Ellis		Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch		July 2018	[1]
Tamara Nancy Jennings		Director of Legal Services	RAF Legal Branch	OBE	29 September 2018	[30]
Ian W. Duguid		Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command	Flying	CB, OBE	8 March 2018	[30]
Simon D. Ellard		Director of Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	QCVS	21 December 2018	[31]
Ian D. Gale		Assistant Chief of the Air Staff	Flying	MBE	17 April 2019	[32]
Ranald Torquil Ian Munro		Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Chief of Staff (Reserves), Air Command		CBE, TD, VR	23 September 2019	[33]
Alan K. Gillespie		Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group	Flying	CBE	14 October 2019	[34]
Richard Hill		Director of Defence Support Transformation, Strategic Command	Supply		21 October 2019	[35]
Lincoln S. Taylor		Chief of Staff (Capability), Air Command	Flying		2 December 2019	[36]
Maria Byford		Air Secretary Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command	RAF Medical Services	QHDS	24 February 2020	[37]
Clare S. Walton		Director of Medical Personnel & Training, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	QHP	24 February 2020	[37]
Nigel J. Colman		Commander, Joint Helicopter Command	Flying, Helicopters	OBE	30 March 2020	[37]
Colin D. Da'Silva		Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans)	Flying		2 April 2020	[38][1]
Allan P. Marshall		Air Officer Commanding, No. 1 Group	Flying	OBE	10 April 2020	[37]
Michael J. Smeath		Head of the British Defence Staff, (United States) UK Defence Attaché to the USA	Flying	CBE	31 July 2020	[39]
Richard Clark Maddison		Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command	Flying	OBE	21 August 2020	[40]
Alastair P. T. Smith		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Defence Engagement)	Flying		31 August 2020	[41]
Paul H. Lloyd		Chief of Staff (Support), Air Command RAF Chief Engineer	Engineer	CBE	7 January 2021	[1]
Paul A. Godfrey		Commander, UK Space Command	Flying	OBE	February 2021	[1]

Air Commodores[]

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Robert Adrian Williams		Air Officer, Wales	Flying		4 July 2006	[42]
Jonathan Burr			General Duties	CBE, DFC	December 2012	[2]
Dean R. Andrew			General Duties	OBE	June 2013	[2][1]
James E. Linter		to retire	Flying	OBE	18 November 2014	[43]
Nigel T. Bradshaw					13 April 2015	[1][44]
Stephen R. Thornber		Head of Operations, Defence Intelligence	Intelligence	CBE	16 October 2015	[1]
Nicholas J. Hay		Commander, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Force	Intelligence	OBE	8 January 2016	[45]
Lawrence J. Bennett		Joint Force Air Component Commander	Flying	OBE	5 April 2016	[46]
Richard P. Barrow		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2ISR), Air Command	Flying, Navigator		2 June 2016	[47]
Adam M. Sansom		Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training	Engineer		24 June 2016	[48]
Peter J. M. Squires		Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence	Flying	OBE	17 August 2016	[49]
Justin S. Reuter		Chief of Staff, Strategic Command Directory of Strategy, Strategic Command	Flying	CBE	9 September 2016	[50]
Michael A. Jeffery		Head of the RAF Safety Centre		OBE	19 September 2016	[1]
Simon Andrew Harper		Director of Ground Training	Administrative	OBE	26 September 2016	[50]
Scott M. Miller		Air Officer, Force Protection Commandant-General, RAF Regiment	Provost	QCVS	4 November 2016	[51]
David J. Rowland			Engineer		11 November 2016	[51]
Peter Adrian Round		Member, Royal Air Force Service Complaints Team	General Duties		1 December 2016	[52]
Richard John Atktinson		Deciding Officer, RAF Service Complaints Team	Flying General Duties		3 January 2017	[52]
Julian D. Ball		Head of Space Capability, Ministry of Defence		OBE	27 March 2017	[53]
David Cyril McLoughlin		Air Officer, Medical Operations	RAF Medical Services	OBE	27 March 2017	[53]
Andrew Steele		Deputy Director of Programmes, Strategic Command	Flying		27 March 2017	[54]
James E. Savage		Head of Regional Delivery Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Administrative	OBE	18 April 2017	[55]
Jefferson Brian Portlock		RAF Service Complaints Team	Flying		21 Arpil 2017	[54]
Anthony J. Beasant		Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus	Flying		24 April 2017	[55]
Jeremy J. Attridge		UK Air and Space Attaché to the USA	Flying	OBE	27 April 2017	[56]
David G. Bradshaw		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Combat Air), Air Command	Flying		28 April 2017	[55]
Owen R.J. Barnes		Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer		8 June 2017	[57]
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]
Richard D. J. Withnall		Head of Research & Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services		17 July 2017	[57]
Adrian S. Burns		Assistant Chief of Staff (Manpower Requirements and Recruitment), Air Command	Personnel		19 July 2017	[57]
Andrew T. Martin			Flying	OBE	21 July 2017	[57][1]
Suzanne N. Perkins		to retire	Logistics	CBE	21 August 2017	[57]
Catherine C. Coton		Head of the Air Staff, Air Command	Administrative		4 September 2017	[59]
Richard D. Moir		Air Officer, Battlespace Management Battlespace Management Force Commander	Flying		18 September 2017	[60]
James H. Hunter		Director of Flying Training	Flying	MBE	16 October 2017	[61]
Timothy D. Neal-Hopes			Engineer	OBE	13 November 2017	[26]
Mark W. J. Chappell		Head of Defence Commitments & Crises, Ministry of Defence	Flying		23 March 2018	[62]
Wendy Rothery		Head of Strategy, Defence Communications	Personnel		2 April 2018	[62]
Jon B. Osborne		Director of Operations and Engineering, NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency	Engineer		26 April 2018	[63]
Simon S. Edwards		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command	Flying		4 May 2018	[63]
Richard D. Pratley		Head of Defence Logistics Operations and Capability, Strategic Command	Logistics		7 May 2018	[63]
Mark S. Sexton		Deputy UK National Military Representative to NATO	Personnel		June 2018	[1]
Stephen M. R. Ward		Chief of Staff, Air Command	Flying		13 August 2018	[64]
Philip Jeremy Robinson		Director, Combined Air and Space Operations Centre, Qatar	Flying	CBE, DFC**	19 October 2018	[65]
Michael R. Baulkwill		Head of Capability Strategy, Ministry of Defence	Flying		26 November 2018	[66]
Michael R. Wilson		Air Officer, Air Communication and Information Systems Air Communication and Information Systems Force Commander	Engineer		30 November 2018	[67]
Paul David Kennett		Director, Qatar Typhoon Programme	Flying	CBE	10 December 2018	[67]
Ian J. Laing		Military Head of Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry of Defence	Flying		10 December 2018	[67]
Richard A. Davies		Commandant, Air Warfare Centre	Flying	CBE	14 December 2018	[67]
Steven R. Horne		to retire			7 January 2018	[65]
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell		UK Defence Attaché to Saudi Arabia	Personnel	OBE	8 January 2019	[65]
David Scott Arthurton		Air Officer, Combat Air Combat Air Force Commander	Flying	OBE	11 February 2019	[68]
Robert A. Woods		Chief of Staff to Chief of Materiel (Air), Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	26 April 2019	[32]
Philip Alan Brooker		Head of Lightning II Delivery Team, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	3 June 2019	[13]
David J. Tozer		Head of Royal Air Force Support Services Programme	Engineer		3 June 2019	[13]
David P. Manning		Air Officer, Air Mobility Air Mobility Force Commander	Flying		7 June 2019	[19]
Adrian Vincent Roland Bettridge		Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command	Personnel	OBE	22 July 2019	[69]
Jason Lee Appleton		Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Allied Air Command	Flying		2 August 2019	[13]
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	[34]
Paul J. Warwick		UK Defence Adviser to Nigeria Head of British Defence Staff in West Africa	Logistics	CBE	31 December 2017	[34]
Suraya A. Marshall		Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Director of Recruitment and Initial Training	Flying		10 December 2019	[71]
John Finbar Monahan		Head of Doctrine Air, Space and Cyber, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre	Flying	OBE, DFC	28 December 2019	[72]
Thomas James Patrick Burke		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command	Flying		6 January 2020	[72]
Christopher J. Egan		Head of Regulation and Certification, Military Aviation Authority	Engineer		8 February 2020	[73]
Jeremy D. Holmes		Head of the Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command	Flying	OBE	2 March 2020	[74]
Ian Jon Townsend		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Development), Air Command	Flying	CBE	16 March 2020	[74]
Dale K. R. Daborn		Commander, Joint Hospital Group	RAF Medical Services	QHP	14 April 2020	[75]
Alastair William Douglas Craig		UK Defence Attaché to Oman	Flying		24 April 2020	[76]
David C. Tait		Head of Training, Education, Skills, Recruitment and Resettlement, Ministry of Defence	Operations Support	MBE	24 April 2020	[77]
Mark J. Northover		Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project	Engineer	MBE	17 July 2020	[41]
John Moreton		Head of the Combat Air Acquisition Programme, Ministry of Defence	Flying		24 July 2020	[39]
H. F. Smith		Deputy Director, European Air Group	Flying		24 July 2020	[39]
Timothy Telfer Jones		Head of Air Resources and Programmes, Air Command			July 2020
Stephen A. Bentley		Head of Capability Special Projects, Strategic Command	Flying	CBE	11 August 2020	[40]
Shaun Harris		Air Officer, Logistics Logistics Force Commander	Engineer	CBE	1 September 2020	[40]
Ian D. Chesworth		Head of Defence Intelligence Head of Joint User Cyber Effects, Strategic Command	Engineer	OBE	10 August 2020	[41]
Jason N. Young		Head C4 & Joint User Information, Defence Digital	Engineer		16 September 2020	[41]
A. Neil Grant		Air Officer, Support Support Force Commander			October 2020
Mark Phelps		Deputy Director, Legal Services	Legal Services		October 2020	[1]
Hamish Roy Callender Cormack		Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy Assistant Commandant (Air & Space), Joint Services Command and Staff College	Flying	CBE	16 October 2020	[41]
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	[41]
Stuart S. Stirrat		Assistant Chief of Staff (Joint Intelligence), Permanent Joint Headquarters	Intelligence		6 November 2020	[41]
Richard Fogden		Director, RAF Sport			1 December 2020	[44]
Paul Michael Rose		Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support		MBE	4 December 2020	[78]
Martin Christopher Lowe		Head of Typhoon Delivery Team, Defence Equipment and Support			18 December 2020	[79]
Richard James Yates		Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Typhoon Programme		MBE	29 January 2021	[79]
C. M. Smith		Service Complaints Panel Member			?

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• RAF Senior Appointments