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The authority incorporates the former Directorate of Aviation Regulation & Safety, previously the Defence Aviation Safety Centre (DASC) [5] which had been located at RAF Bentley Priory until the station closed in 2008 and the organisation moved to RAF Northolt. [6] The MAA, which is located at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol. [7]
He was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in September 2019, and subsequently as Director of the Military Aviation Authority in December 2021. [2] He succeeded Steve Shell as Director General of the Defence Safety Authority and was promoted to air marshal in November 2024. [3]
The Wright 1908 Model A Military Flyer arrives at Fort Myer, Virginia aboard a wagon Unloading of a Blériot XI-2 artillery spotting monoplane of the Romanian Army during the Second Balkan War in 1913 Austro-Hungarian soldiers transport a military balloon during World War I in 1914. The first military uses of aviation involved lighter-than-air ...
The Defence Safety Authority (DSA) is an agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence which regulates safety and investigates accidents in the UK's Armed Forces.. The DSA was launched on 1 April 2015 and brings together the Defence Safety and Environment Authority (DSEA), Military Aviation Authority (MAA) and Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR), to form a single common managed ...
The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16) was an act of Parliament to address evolving conditions, and currently governs air flight in the UK. Responsibility for air traffic control in the UK passed to NATS in the run-up to the establishment of its public-private partnership in 2001.
In 2013 the UK had the third highest number of passengers carried of any country, behind only the United States and China. [3] Outside of air transport, general aviation in the United Kingdom has been defined as a civil aircraft operation other than a commercial air transport flight operating to a schedule or military aviation.
From 2009 to 2011, he was station commander of RAF Odiham and commanding officer of the UK Chinook Force. [9] [5] [10] On 12 December 2018, Shell was appointed director of the Military Aviation Authority. [11] On 7 January 2022, he was appointed director general of the Defence Safety Authority (DSA) and promoted to air marshal. [9] [12] [13]
UK Air Attaché to the USA: OBE: 13 September 2022 [25] Philip J. Arnold: Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command: 14 September 2022 [25] M. W. Smith: Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence: Policy: OBE: 4 November 2022 [58] Simon D. Joy: Head of Regulation and Certification ...