Matthew Wiles

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Matthew Wiles
Born1961 (age 63–64)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Service years1979–2013
Rank Air vice-marshal
Conflicts War in Afghanistan
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice-Marshal Matthew John Gethin Wiles, CB , CBE (born 1961) is a retired senior commander in the Royal Air Force who served as the Air Secretary from 2011 to 2013.

RAF career

Wiles was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in 1979. [1] He served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Logistics at Permanent Joint Headquarters [2] and then went on to be Director General of the Joint Supply Chain at Defence Equipment and Support in 2008. [3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours [4] before he became Air Secretary in September 2011. [5] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2013 Birthday Honours. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 48060". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1980. p. 305.
  2. ↑ 9th Annual Focused Logistics Conference [ permanent dead link ] RUSI, April 2007
  3. ↑ Best in class Archived 21 January 2013 at archive.today Defence Management Journal
  4. ↑ Wired Government
  5. ↑ Royal Air Force Senior Appointments
  6. ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 2.
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