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Born | 19 May 1970 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1992–present [1] |
Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
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Battles / wars | |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Vice-Marshal Thomas James Patrick Burke, CBE (born 19 May 1970) is a British pilot and senior Royal Air Force officer, who since August 2023 has been Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF. [2]
Burke was born on 19 May 1970 in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. [3] Having received a university cadetship, he studied at the University of Southampton, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1991. [3] [4]
Burke was station commander of RAF Waddington from November 2017 to December 2019. [5] [6] He was promoted air commodore on 6 January 2020 upon appointment as assistant chief of staff operations, [7] serving as such until he was appointed director of the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in December 2022. [8] He was promoted to air vice-marshal on 25 August 2023, as he took the command of the No. 11 Group RAF. [9]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). [10]