The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations –No. 1 Group RAF and No. 2 Group RAF. The last Commander-in-Chief was Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French.
Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett,was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force. He led the "Pathfinder Force" from 1942 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. He has been described as "one of the most brilliant technical airmen of his generation:an outstanding pilot,a superb navigator who was also capable of stripping a wireless set or overhauling an engine".
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder,1st Baron Tedder,was a Scottish senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years when he served in Turkey,Great Britain and the Far East.
Wing is a village and civil parish in the East Midlands county of Rutland,England. The population was 315 at the 2001 census and 314 at that of 2011. It features a fine church and a labyrinth made of turf. Rutland Water reservoir is nearby.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Kevin Burridge,is a retired Royal Air Force officer. A former Nimrod pilot,Burridge was in overall command of British forces under Operation Telic during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Leicestershire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby,Leicestershire.
Royal Air Force Germany,commonly known as RAF Germany,and abbreviated RAFG,is a former command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and part of British Forces Germany (BFG). It consisted of units located in Germany,initially in what was known as West Germany as part of the British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO) following the Second World War,and later as part of the RAF's commitment to the defence of Europe during the Cold War. The commander of RAFG doubled as commander of NATO's Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2ATAF). Its motto was 'Keepers of the Peace'.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy,was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was the only officer who fought and commanded a squadron during the Battle of Britain to reach the post of Chief of the Air Staff. In the latter role he implemented the final stages of the RAF's withdrawal from the Persian Gulf and the Far East,oversaw the ordering and subsequent cancellation of the F-111 strike aircraft and handed over Britain's nuclear deterrent role to the Royal Navy.
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Cousins KCB AFC BA is a British retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Hugh Moran,was a fast jet pilot and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. He was Commander-in-Chief of Air Command at the time of his unexpected death.
Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007,and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire.
Air Marshal Sir Richard Frank Garwood,is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.
Air Chief Marshal Stuart William Peach,Baron Peach,is a British retired senior Royal Air Force officer. After training as a navigator,Peach commanded IX (Bomber) Squadron and then became Deputy Station Commander RAF Bruggen. He was deployed as NATO Air Commander (Forward) in Kosovo in 2000. He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 2006,Chief of Joint Operations in 2009 and the first Commander of Joint Forces Command in December 2011 before being appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in May 2013. Peach succeeded General Sir Nick Houghton as Chief of the Defence Staff on 14 July 2016. He succeeded General Petr Pavel as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee on 29 June 2018,serving as such until his retirement from NATO in June 2021.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Neil George Wheeler,was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Air Force and former Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey.
Warrant Officer Gary Wilcox is a retired Royal Air Force (RAF) airman and military aircraft engineering technician. He was the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton,taking post on 27 July 2009,until his retirement in February 2012;making him the most senior other rank (OR) member of the RAF during that time.
Air Marshal Sir Richard John Kemball,was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Lawrie "Jock" Kennedy,was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command from 1979 to 1981,and Air Member for Personnel from 1983 to 1986. Following his retirement from the military,he served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth,Corby and Manchester Central,and a mayoral election in Bristol.
The Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Leicestershire Police in the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Leicestershire Police Authority. The current incumbent is Rupert Matthews,who represents the Conservative Party.
