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Chief of the Air Staff can also refer to the head of the Canadian Forces Air Command or the head of the Indian Air Force. Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) is the air force branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
The Indian Air Force (à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤à¥€à¤¯ वायॠसेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air-arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting air-based warfare and securing Indian airspace. ...
The Chief of the Air Staff is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board. The post was established with the formation of the RAF in 1918, and its first occupant, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Trenchard, was key in the establishment of the RAF as a separate service. Image File history File links Royal-Air-Force-Ensign. ...
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Royal Air Force Ensign The Royal Air Force Ensign is the official flag which used to represent the Royal Air Force. ...
The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Chiefs of Staff Committee is composed of the most senior military personnel in the British forces. ...
The Air Force Board of the Defence Council is responsible for the management of the Royal Air Force. ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Marshal of the RAF sleeve/shoulder insignia Marshal of the Royal Air Force was the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. ...
Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (February 3, 1873 - February 10, 1956) was the British Chief of the Air Staff during World War I, and was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force (RAF). ...
After Lord Trenchard retired in 1929 his successors still had to fight to keep the RAF separate from the Royal Navy and the British Army, but Trenchard's foundations proved to solid. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
By the time World War II broke out in 1939, the then occupant of the post, Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, had a service that had been undergoing the most rapid of expansions during the British rearmament programs of the late 1930s. Newall gave way in 1940 to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, who lead the service for the rest of the war. Portal was a tireless defender of the RAF and extremely able in administration and strategy. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
An Air Chief Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Chief Marshal is the most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force (RAF) today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (February 15, 1886 – November 30, 1963), was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the Royal Air Forces senior rank and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
RAF Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal (left) and Polish Commander in Chief Władysław Sikorski (right) visit an airbase of the 300th Polish Bomber Squadron in England. ...
Postwar the RAF was reoriented to perform the dual roles of defending the shrinking British Empire and possibly fighting against the Soviet Union in a Warsaw Pact vs NATO war over Germany and the United Kingdom. The Chiefs of the Air Staff of the day had to fight a constant battle to keep the British aircraft industry alive. In the end only minimal success was achieved, with only a rump aviation industrial base left by the 1970s. The British Empire in 1897, marked in red, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
Unofficial Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement among airlines about financial liability. ...
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The present air threat to the United Kingdom itself is minimal compared with any time since the early 1930s. The RAF has therefore had to be reoriented to be an expeditionary force. The struggles against cuts continue, with many feeling that the RAF and the Chief of the Air Staff go too far in their zealous defence of air power and control over air assets. Nevertheless, the Chief of the Air Staff is a secure post for the foreseeable future.
The Chief of the Air Staff is normally appointed an Air Aide de Camp to the British sovereign. Air Aide de Camp is a category of aides de camp to The Queen in the United Kingdom. ...
Chiefs of the Air Staff Since 1918[1]
Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ...
Sir is an English honorary title representing knighthood or baronetcy. ...
Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (February 3, 1873 - February 10, 1956) was the British Chief of the Air Staff during World War I, and was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force (RAF). ...
Major-General Right Honourable Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes (1877–1954) was an English statesman and politician. ...
Marshal of the RAF sleeve/shoulder insignia Marshal of the Royal Air Force was the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. ...
An Air Chief Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Chief Marshal is the most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force (RAF) today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Maitland Salmond was born on 17 July 1881. ...
William Geoffrey Salmond was born on 19 August 1878. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Leonard Ellington (born 30 Dec 1877, died 13 June 1967) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (February 15, 1886 – November 30, 1963), was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the Royal Air Forces senior rank and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between...
RAF Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal (left) and Polish Commander in Chief Władysław Sikorski (right) visit an airbase of the 300th Polish Bomber Squadron in England. ...
Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (July 11, 1890 - June 3, 1967) was a signficant British Marshal of the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (born 3 June 1897, died 12 Jul 1979) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson (born 24 September 1898, died 12 September 1987) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle (born 2 October 1904, died 5 May 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Geoffrey Pike (born 29 June 1906, died 1 June 1983) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy of Timaru KG GCB CBE DSO LVO DFC AFC (born 23 March 1911, died 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy (born 8 December 1913, died 2 January 2004) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Denis Frank Spotswood (born 26 September 1916, died 11 November 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (31 December 1920 - 24 January 1977) was the Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom between 24 October 1976 and 24 January 1977. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie KT GCB CBE DSO DFC (born 8 July 1920, died 29 January 1985) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham GCB CBE DFC AFC, DL FRAeS was born in 1923. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson GCB AFC is a retired senior officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley GCB OBE (born 17 September 1929) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords. ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Harding GCB DSc FRAeS CBIM was British Chief of the Air Staff, and subsequently Chief of Defence Staff from January 1, 1993 until March 13, 1994. ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon Air Officer Commanding in Chief Strike Command 5 April 1989 - 4 November 1992. ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, GCB CBE LVO FRAeS RAF has been Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle since 2000. ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, KCB DFC AFC ADC FRAeS RAF was Chief of the Air Staff during the start of both Operation Veritas and Operation Telic. ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, GCB AFC ADC DSc FRAeS FCMI RAF is the current Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) and the designated Chief of the Defence Staff. ...
Air Marshal Sir Glenn L Torpy, KCB CBE DSO BSc(Eng) FRAeS RAF is the current Commander of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters and is the designated Chief of the Air Staff. ...
Footnote - ↑ The ranks shown are the highest rank that the officer in question attained during his tour as Chief of the Air Staff. However, in the case where the officer was promoted on the day before he was posted, then the lower rank is shown.
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