Ian Brackenbury

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Air Vice-Marshal Ian Brackenbury, CB, OBE, FIMechE, CEng (born 28 August 1945) is a former senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Early life

Brackenbury was born on 28 August 1945, the son of Captain D. E. Brackenbury and R. Brackenbury. [1]

Career

Brackenbury graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Aeronautical Engineering, [2] [3] and in 1967 was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Engineer Branch of the Royal Air Force. [4] He later became a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. [1] Following promotion in 1972 to Flight Lieutenant, [3] Brackenbury joined the Directorate of Aircraft Engineering in 1975 [1] and was promoted to Squadron Leader the following year. [5]

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In 1981, he became a member of the Engineering Staff at Strike Command, [1] and two years later was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander, [6] before joining the Department for Supply and Organisation in 1986; the following year, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). [1] In 1988, he was promoted to Group Captain; [7] and in 1993 became an Air Commodore [8] and also became Director of Support Management. He was Director of Helicopter Support between 1995 and 1997 and Air Officer Engineering and Supply at Strike Command between 1997 and 1998, [1] when he was promoted for the final time as an Air Vice-Marshal; [9] he served as Director-General of Defence Logistics (Operations and Policy) at the Ministry of Defence from them until he retired in 2000. [1] [10] On retirement, Brackenbury was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Between 2001 and 2006, he was Director of Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace (Europe), and since 2009 he has been a Trustee of Cornwall Air Ambulance. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Brackenbury, Air Vice-Marshal Ian", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ian Brackenbury", Cornwall Air Ambulance. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Supplement to the London Gazette, 22 May 1972 (no. 45676), p. 6164.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 July 1967 (no. 44365), p. 7890. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 5 July 1976 (no. 46953), p. 9291.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 January 1983 (no. 49237), p. 758.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1988 (no. 51603), p. 78.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 January 1993 (no. 53164), p. 105.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 5 January 1998 (no. 55006), p. 111.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 October 2000 (no. 55986), p. 11021.
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