David Cooper (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal David Cooper CBE
Air Vice Marshal Cooper in 2019
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1988–2020
Rank	Air Vice-Marshal
Commands	No. 22 Group RAF RAF Marham No. 617 Squadron RAF
Battles / wars	Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Air Vice-Marshal David John Edwin Cooper, CBE is a British retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

RAF career

Cooper was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 27 March 1988. ^[1] He became officer commanding No. 617 Squadron RAF in April 2008. He went on to be Station Commander RAF Marham in November 2011, ^[2] Director Air Operations for NATO in November 2013 and Joint Force Air Component Commander in Afghanistan in November 2014. ^[3] He became the Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF in June 2017. ^[4] He retired from the RAF on 25 May 2020. ^[5]

Cooper was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for service on his tour in Afghanistan as Joint Force Air Component Commander. ^[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours. ^[6]

References

1. "No. 51357". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1988. p. 6623.
2. "RAF Marham Group Captain's 'high-octane' time in charge". 20 November 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
3. "Armed Forces Operational Awards List No 44". RAF. July 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
4. "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
5. "No. 63039". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 June 2020. p. 11082.
6. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b8.

Military offices
Preceded by Gavin Parker	Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group 2017–2019	Succeeded by Alan Gillespie