Air Member for Personnel is the appointment of the Royal Air Force Officer responsible for all aspects of recruiting, non-operational flying and ground training, career management, welfare, terms and conditions of service, and resettlement for RAF regular, reserve and civilian staffs world-wide. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

The Air Member for Personnel is double-hatted as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Personnel & Training Command and owner of the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and Personnel Management Agency (PMA). Commander-in-Chief is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... Personnel and Training Command is one of two operational commands of the Royal Air Force along with Strike Command. ... The Training Group of the Royal Air Force is the group that controls the stations of Personnel and Training Command. ...

The current Air Member for Personnel is Air Marshal Barry Thornton. An air marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Marshal is the second most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ...