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Royal Air Force Reserve: 16 August 2024 [72] Victoria Caroline McPhaden: Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Policy: CBE: 29 August 2024 [11] C. H. O′Grady: Deputy Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF: ADC: 30 August 2024 [11] D. Allen Lewis: Commandant Air Cadets, RAF Cramwell: Engineer Royal Air Force Reserve: 2 September 2024 [72] N. R ...
The Royal Air Forces Association branch & club in Hexham, Northumberland The Royal Air Forces Association , also known as RAF Association or RAFA , is a British registered charity . It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth , and to their dependents.
Upon the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, rank titles and badges for ORs were adopted from the British Army, specifically the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). [2] The RFC ranks of Flight Sergeant (equivalent to Staff Sergeant ), Sergeant , Corporal and Air Mechanic were directly adopted.
The OA is the only charity in the UK that represents officers, their families, and dependents, regardless of their commissioning into the Royal Navy, the Army, or the Royal Air Force. The organisation's purpose is to provide advice and financial assistance to help beneficiaries live independently and overcome severe financial challenges.
The Royal Air Force Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC), at Adastral Hall, RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, is the centre through which every potential RAF officer must go to be selected for Initial Officer Training (IOT) and through which potential non-commissioned aircrew must go to be selected for the Direct Entry Senior Non-commissioned Officer (DE-SNCO) course.
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny-British military historian and Author, served Royal Air Force Police; Tony Hancock – Comic actor (RAF Regiment) Rex Harrison – Actor, reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant; Rollo Hayman – Rhodesian farmer and politician; Godfrey Hounsfield – Nobel laureate and co-inventor of Computed tomography.
Educated at Tonbridge School, Wilson joined the Royal Air Force in 1962. From 1976 to 1978 Wilson served as the Commanding Officer of No. II (AC) Squadron. [1] During this time the Squadron took delivery of the Jaguar which Wilson oversaw, flying practice reconnaissance missions. [2] In 1980 Wilson was made Station Commander of RAF Lossiemouth. [3]
Air Command was formed as a merger of Strike Command, and Personnel and Training Command to administer the majority of operational units within the RAF.. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB serves as the Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Royal Air Force, alongside Air Marshal Paul Lloyd CBE, the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.