Ian Michael Stewart

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Ian Stewart
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1969–2003
Rank Air vice-marshal
Commands Air Secretary
Harrier Field Force
RAF Gutersloh
No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross

Air Vice Marshal Ian Michael Stewart, CB , AFC is a former senior commander in the Royal Air Force who served as Air Secretary from 1998 until his retirement in 2003.

RAF career

Stewart joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a pilot in 1969. He flew Harriers, commanded No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron and went on to be Station Commander at RAF Gutersloh and to command the Harrier Field Force in Germany. [1] He became Air Secretary in 1998 before retiring in 2003. [2] He was a member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body from 2005 to 2011. In retirement he worked for the Defence Vetting Agency in the Gloucestershire / Herefordshire area and was Chairman of Marsden Weighing Machine Group from 2007 to November 2019. [1] From 2017 to June 2020 he served as the Personnel Director on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Office of Manpower Economics". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. Senior Royal Air Force Appointments
  3. "The Management Team". GWSR Railway. Retrieved 24 January 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
Military offices
Preceded by Air Secretary
1998–2003
Succeeded by