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Royal Air Force Reserve: 16 August 2024 [74] 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 [74] 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.
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.
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.
The thinnest braid, as found on the pilot officer's rank (and in the middle of the squadron leader's rank), is 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6 mm); the flying officer's braid common to all the ranks except air commodore and pilot officer, is 1 ⁄ 2 inch (1.3 cm), and the thickest braid, as found on all air officer ranks, is 2 inches (5.1 cm).
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.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours, [18] and advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours. [19] Robinson is a recipient of the Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with one clasp. [20]
Edwards was promoted to air commodore and appointed Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Delivery, Air Mobility & Air Enablers, Headquarters Air Command in July 2018. [2] In May 2021, he was promoted to air vice-marshal and became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff , [ 3 ] and, in August 2023, he became Director People and Air Secretary .