Gary Waterfall

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Gary Waterfall
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Waterfall in 2014
Born (1967-01-07) 7 January 1967 (age 56)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held No. 1 Group (2014–16)
RAF Cottesmore (2009–11)
No. 41 Squadron RAF (2006–07)
Battles/wars Operation Ellamy
Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice Marshal Gary Martin Waterfall, CBE (born 7 January 1967) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and formerly Chief of Staff (Operations) in the Permanent Joint Headquarters. He has also been squadron president of 2248(Rutland squadron) air training corps since the first of September 2009. From July 2014 to April 2016, he was Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group.

RAF career

Waterfall was previously a Harrier pilot and a member of the Red Arrows display team. [1] He was Officer Commanding No. 41 Squadron RAF from 1 April 2006 to 8 June 2007.

On 15 December 2010, Waterfall led the final 16-ship flypast of the Harrier when they were retired from service. On promotion to air commodore in June 2011, he was deployed to NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre 5 to assume command of the UK air contribution to the liberation of Libya, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Operational Honours List in March 2012. [2]

From July 2014 to April 2016, he was Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group. In that role, he is also head of the air defence of the United Kingdom. [3] On 28 April 2016, Waterfall handed over the command of No. 1 Group to Gerry Mayhew. [4] Waterfall was then appointed the Chief of Staff (Operations) in the Permanent Joint Headquarters with effect from 16 May 2016. [5] Waterfall retired from the RAF on 31 December 2019. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "WATERFALL, Air Vice-Marshal Gary Martin". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Former RAF Cottesmore station commander awarded CBE". Rutland Times. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Dearden, Lizzie (1 November 2014). "RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian bomber 'approaching the UK'". The Independent . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Senior Appointments". Raf.mod.uk. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Royal Air Force". Raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "No. 62909". The London Gazette . 4 February 2019. p. 1959.
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