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]}

Air Chief Marshals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Richard John Knighton		Chief of the Air Staff	Engineer	KCB, ADC	2 June 2023	[3]

Air Marshals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Sean Keith Paul Reynolds		Air Officer, Northern Ireland	Royal Air Force Reserve	CB, CBE, DFC	9 May 2016	[4] [1] [5]
Martin Elliot Sampson		Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East Head of British Defence Staff in the Middle East	General Duties	CBE, DSO	5 February 2021	[1]
Ian David Gale		Director-General, Defence Academy Director-General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command	Flying	CB, MBE	22 April 2021	[6]
Stephen Jeffrey Shell		Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority	General Duties	CB, OBE, QCVS	12 January 2022	[7]
John Jackson Stringer		Deputy Commander, Allied Air Command	Flying	CBE	1 August 2022	[8]
Harvey Smyth			Flying	CB, OBE, DFC	26 August 2022	[9]
Richard Clark Maddison			Flying	OBE	2 May 2023	[3]
Clare Samantha Walton		Director General, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	CB, KHP	3 July 2023	[10]
Allan Paul Marshall		Air and Space Commander	Flying	OBE	8 March 2024	[11]

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Paul Harron Lloyd		Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command Air Member for Personnel, Air Force Board		CBE	15 September 2023	[1]

Air Vice-Marshals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Ross Paterson			Administrative	CB, OBE, DL		[1] [12]
Elaine West		Service Complaints Panel Member	General Duties (Ground)	CBE	1 August 2013	[13]
Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge		Service Complaints Panel Member	Medical	CB, QHS	19 December 2014	[1]
Warren Austin William James		to retire	General Duties	CB, CBE	8 June 2017	[14]
Christopher J. Moore		to retire	Engineer	CBE	1 February 2018	[15]
Tamara Nancy Jennings		Director of Legal Services, Air Command	RAF Legal Branch	OBE	29 September 2018	[16]
Ranald Torquil Ian Munro		Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Chief of Staff (Reserves), Air Command	transferred from British Army	CB, CBE, TD, VR, DL	23 September 2019	[17]
Alan K. Gillespie		Director, Military Aviation Authority	Flying	CBE	14 October 2019	[18]
Lincoln Scott Taylor		Chief of Staff (Capability), Air Command	Flying	CB, OBE	2 December 2019	[19]
Maria Byford		to retire	RAF Medical Services	QHDS	24 February 2020	[20]
Michael J. Smeath		Director, Global Defence Network Commandant General, Royal Air Force Regiment	Regiment	CBE	31 July 2020	[21]
Alastair P. T. Smith		Commander, Joint Helicopter Command	Flying		31 August 2020	[22]
Paul Alexander Godfrey		Commander, United Kingdom Space Command	Flying	OBE	8 March 2021	[23]
Philip T. G. Lester		Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies	Royal Air Force Reserve		4 May 2021	[6]
Simon S. Edwards		Air Secretary Chief of Staff (Personnel), Air Command	Flying		17 May 2021	[6]
Timothy David Neal-Hopes			Engineer	OBE	9 August 2021	[24]
Suraya Antonia Marshall			Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor	CBE	11 October 2021	[25]
Philip Jeremy Robinson		Director, National Defence Plan Development Team	Flying	CBE, DFC**	6 December 2021	[26]
Mark W. J. Chappell		Senior British Military Advisor, United States Central Command	Flying		5 January 2021	[27]
Richard D. Pratley		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations)	Logistics		2 May 2022	[28]
David Scott Arthurton		Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital	Flying	OBE	13 May 2022	[29]
Peter James Murray Squires		Commander, British Forces Cyprus Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas	Flying	OBE, ADC	1 September 2022	[30]
Giles Leslie Legood		Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch	MBE, KHC	5 August 2022	[31]
John Finbar Monahan		Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre	Policy	OBE, DFC	10 October 2022	[32]
Timothy Telfer Jones		Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans)		CBE	2 December 2022	[33]
Mark Robert Flewin		Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group	Flying	CBE	12 January 2023	[34]
Philip Alan Brooker		Director Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	12 May 2023	[35]
Ian Jon Townsend		Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group	Flying	CBE	22 May 2023	[36]
David Cyril McLoughlin		Director of Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services	RAF Medical Services	CBE	5 June 2023	[3]
Jeremy J. Attridge		Director, Saudi Armed Forces Project	Flying	OBE	20 June 2023	[36]
Thomas James Patrick Burke		Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command	Flying		25 August 2023	[37]
Shaun Harris		Director Support, and Chief Engineer (RAF)	Engineer	CBE	27 September 2023	[35]
Jason Lee Appleton		Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group	Flying		29 February 2024	[11]

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Christopher D. Snaith				OBE	15 February 2021	[1]
Raymond Jackson Pentland			Royal Air Force Reserve	CB		[38]

Air Commodores

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Robert Adrian Williams		Air Officer, Wales	Flying	OBE	4 July 2006	[39]
Gerard Alan Opie		Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Delivery), Air Command	General Duties	CBE	1 July 2008	[40]
Dean R. Andrew			General Duties	OBE	June 2013	[2] [1]
Ian R. Tolfts				OBE	July 2014	[41]
James E. Linter		to retire	Flying	OBE	18 November 2014	[42]
Nigel Timothy Bradshaw		Deputy Defence Services Secretary Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence			13 April 2015	[1] [43]
Adam Mark Sansom			Engineer		24 June 2016	[44]
Simon Andrew Harper			Administrative	OBE	26 September 2016	[45]
David J. Rowland			Engineer		11 November 2016	[46]
James E. Savage		Head of Regional Delivery Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Administrative	OBE	18 April 2017	[47]
Jefferson Brian Portlock		Service Complaints Panel Member	Flying		21 April 2017	[48]
Anthony John Beasant		to retire	Regiment	CBE	24 April 2017	[47]
Mark Hunt		Head of Air ISTAR, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineer	OBE	12 June 2017	[49]
Dominic A. Stamp		Defence Attaché in Waiting	Flying	CBE	3 July 2017	[50]
Adrian S. Burns		Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command	Personnel		19 July 2017	[49]
Andrew T. Martin		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command	Flying	OBE	21 July 2017	[49] [1]
Suzanne Natalie Perkins			Logistics	CBE	August 2017	[1]
Catherine Clare Coton		Air Commodore Air Staff, Air Command	Administrative	CBE	4 September 2017	[51]
Wendy Rothery		Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence	Personnel		2 April 2018	[52]
Mark S. Sexton			Provost		June 2018	[1]
Michael R. Wilson		Head of Cyber Governance and Risk Compliance, Ministry of Defence	Engineer		30 November 2018	[53]
Patrick Keiran O’Donnell			Personnel	CBE	8 January 2019	[54]
Robert A. Woods		Chief of Staff (Air),	Engineer	OBE ADC	26 April 2019	[55]
Anthony C. Keeling		Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets	Engineer	MBE	6 September 2019	[56] [57]
Jeremy D. Holmes			Flying	OBE	2 March 2020	[58]
David C. Tait			Operations Support	MBE	24 April 2020	[59]
Hugh F. Smith		Head of Air, Space and Cyber Doctrine, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre	Flying		24 July 2020	[21]
Jason N. Young		Head of C4 and Joint User Information, Defence Digital	Engineer		16 September 2020	[22]
Andrew Neil Grant					October 2020
Hamish Roy Callender Cormack			Flying	CBE	16 October 2020	[22]
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	[22]
Richard Fogden		Director, RAF Sport			1 December 2020	[43]
Paul Michael Rose			align="center"|	MBE	4 December 2020	[60]
Martin Christopher Lowe		Programme Director, Future Combat Air Systems			18 December 2020	[61]
Richard James Yates		Royal College of Defence Studies		MBE	29 January 2021	[61]
Richard Glyn Jacob		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2IAMD), Air Command			1 April 2021	[23]
Luke J. Houghton			Medical		26 April 2021	[23]
Mike James Blackburn		UK Defence Attaché to China			5 May 2021	[23]
Joanne L. Lincoln				MBE	15 July 2021	[24]
Angela Marjorie Baker					26 July 2021	[24]
Adam Boyd Wardrope			Flying	CBE, DFC	3 September 2021	[62]
Adrian James Portlock		Air Officer, Airbases			7 September 2021	[62]
James Philip Brayshaw		Head of Future Workforce Planning, Ministry of Defence	Administrative		1 October 2021	[63]
Alexander Brian Hicks		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, ISR), Air Command			13 October 2021	[25]
Simon Robert Strasdin				CBE	18 October 2021	[25]
Thomas Ashbridge					25 October 2021	[63]
Andrew Dickens		Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Director of Recruit Initial Training, No. 22 Group		OBE	1 November 2021	[63]
Andrew C. Males		Chief of Staff, Air Command			8 November 2021	[63]
Elizabeth Mary Purcell		Commander, NATO Standing Joint Logistic Support Group			20 November 2021	[25]
Gavin Paul Hellard		Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force		CBE	13 December 2021	[64]
Anthony John Lyle					17 December 2021	[26]
Chris A. Mullen		Chief of Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff			11 February 2022	[7]
Ian J. Sharrocks		Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group		OBE	11 February 2022	[27]
Jonathan Blythe Crawford		Commandant, Air and Space Warfare Centre		CBE	20 May 2022	[28]
James Anthony Beck		Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Strategy), Air Command		OBE	9 May 2022	[30] [1]
Mark E. Puzey		Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project			6 June 2022	[28]
Mark John Farrell		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command			16 June 2022	[30] [1]
Jamie William Stephen Thompson		Air Officer, Force Protection Commander, Force Protection Force			16 June 2022	[30] [1]
Lee Turner		Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Command			16 June 2022	[30] [1]
Stephen Paul Kilvington		UK National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe		CBE	21 June 2022	[29]
Nicholas Charles Joseph Brittain		Assistant Chief of Staff (Career Management), Air Command		OBE	29 July 2022	[8]
S. M. Phythian		Air Officer, Medical Operations Assistant Chief of Staff (Medical), Air Command Head, Royal Air Force Medical Services	Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service	OBE, ARRC	15 August 2022	[8]
Nikki S. Thomas		UK Air Attaché to the USA		OBE	13 September 2022	[30]
Philip J. Arnold		Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command			14 September 2022	[30]
M. W. Smith		Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence	Policy	OBE	4 November 2022	[32]
Simon D. Joy		Head of Regulation and Certification, Military Aviation Authority	Policy	OBE	15 November 2022	[65]
Ola A. Fashade		Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Permanent Joint Headquarters	Policy		28 November 2022	[65]
Andrew Gilbert		Head of Airworthieness Team Defence Equipment and Support			15 December 2022	[33]
Simon E. Young		Head of Air Systems Equipment and Training, Defence Equipment & Support			3 January 2023	[34]
Adam M. Bone		Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command			5 January 2023	[34]
Matthew J. Bressani		Head of Military Strategic Effects, Ministry of Defence		OBE	9 January 2023	[34]
Mark T. Manwaring		Head, Capability Safety Group, Army Command			11 January 2023	[34]
Nicholas J. Knight		Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group		OBE	30 January 2023	[34]
Howard Edwards		Air Officer, Combat Air Commander, Combat Air Force	Policy		30 January 2023	[66]
Nicholas J. Stringer		Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Ministry of Defence	Policy		17 February 2023	[66]
F. M. Bradley		Head Defence Medical Services Regulator	Policy	RRC	27 March 2023	[67]
Emily Jane Flynn		Head of Capability Joint Plans, Ministry of Defence	Policy	CBE	31 March 2023	[67]
Georgia A. Williams		Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command	Policy		2 May 2023	[68]
Mark George Jackson		Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Command	Policy	OBE	15 May 2023	[68]
Matthew James Stowers		UK Defence Attaché to Oman		OBE	28 May 2023	[36]
Andrew P. Cooksley		Assistant Chief of Staff (Digital), Air Command			26 June 2023	[10]
Nicholas A. Tucker-Lowe		Assistant Chief of Staff (Combat Air), Air Command		DSO	10 July 2023	[10]
Gareth J. Bryant		Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support		OBE	21 July 2023	[10]
Martin G. Brockie		Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command			24 July 2023	[10]
Christopher R. Melville		Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command		OBE	26 July 2023	[10]
Alun G. Roberts		Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons			31 July 2023	[10]
Dorian James		Air Officer, Air Mobility Commander, Air Mobility Force		CBE	14 August 2023	[10]
Steven A. Berry		Senior Responsible Officer, Qatar Programme		MBE	21 August 2023	[10]
W. E. Dole		Assistant Chief of Staff Infrastructure		OBE	29 August 2023	[37]
C. J. Layden		Deputy Director Military International Security			6 October 2023	[35]
David James Peter Crook		Head Strategic Workforce Planning & Recruiting		OBE	13 October 2023	[69]
P. M. Saul		Chief of Staff Air, Defence Equipment and Support		OBE	27 October 2023	[35]
C. S. Watson		Assistant Chief of Staff A4			30 October 2023	[35]
A. D. Turk		Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force , Geilenkirchen Air Base		DFC	1 November 2023	[35]
D. R. Ellison		Head Healthcare and Strategic Plans, Defence Medical Services			6 November 2023	[35]
D. J. Whiteley		Deputy Director J5 USSPACECOM			22 November 2023	[35]
Patrick James Shea-Simonds		Assistant Chief of Staff Strategy		OBE	30 November 2023	[35]
P. J. Wadlow		Head Strategic Engagement			15 December 2023	[70]
William Richmond Gibson		Air Officer Scotland	Policy	MBE, ADC	18 January 2024	[71] [72]
P. D. Yates		Deputy Director Infrastructure	Policy		1 February 2024	[73]
N. J. Paton		ISTAR Force Commander	Policy	DFC	23 February 2024	[11]
Andrew David Huggett		Deputy Air Secretary			?	[74]
C. M. Smith		Service Complaints Panel Member			?
Malcolm K. Crayford		Service Complaints Panel Member			?
Paul Nolan Oborn		Service Complaints Panel Member			?
N. J. Gordon						[12]

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
Mark K. Ridgway		Commander, National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence			1 June 2020	[1]
Mark Phelps		Deputy Director of Legal Services, Air Command	Legal Services		9 October 2020	[1]
Peter N. Cracroft					15 March 2021	[1]

See also

• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
• List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines
• List of serving senior officers of the British Army

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External links

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