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Air Secretary

Position in the Royal Air Force

Summary

Position in the Royal Air Force

FieldValue
postAir Secretary and Chief of Staff, Personnel
flagEnsign of the Royal Air Force.svg
flagcaptionEnsign of the Royal Air Force
(Air Sec Command Flag)
imageAVM Simon Edwards (cropped).jpg
incumbentAir Vice-Marshal Simon Edwards
incumbentsinceAugust 2023
departmentMinistry of Defence
styleAir Vice-Marshal
reports_toChief of the Air Staff
appointerSovereign of the United Kingdom
formation4 February 1957
firstAir Marshal Denis Barnett
abbreviationCOS Pers/Air Sec
websiteOfficial website

(Air Sec Command Flag) The Air Secretary and Chief of Staff, Personnel is the Royal Air Force officer with responsibility for appointments, promotions, postings, and discipline of high ranking members of the British air force. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as "Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre". It is a senior RAF appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of air vice-marshal and appointed by the sovereign. The Air Secretary's counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary and the Royal Navy equivalent is the Naval Secretary.

Air secretaries

The following officers have held the post:

  • 4 February 1957 Air Marshal Sir Denis Barnett
  • 1 May 1959 Air Chief Marshal Sir Theodore McEvoy
  • 22 October 1962 Air Chief Marshal Sir William MacDonald
  • 14 July 1966 Air Marshal Sir Donald Evans
  • 7 December 1967 Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett
  • 27 March 1970 Air Marshal Sir Gareth Clayton
  • 31 March 1972 Air Marshal Sir John Barraclough
  • 15 October 1973 Air Chief Marshal Sir Derek Hodgkinson
  • 28 February 1976 Air Marshal Sir Neville Stack
  • 1978 – 1983, post vacant
  • 1983 Air Vice-Marshal Barry Duxbury
  • December 1985 Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason
  • 10 February 1989 Air Vice-Marshal Robert Honey
  • March 1994 Air Vice Marshal Robert O'Brien
  • August 1998 Air Vice Marshal Ian Michael Stewart
  • 2003 Air Vice-Marshal Graham Miller
  • July 2004 Air Vice-Marshal Peter Ruddock
  • 22 May 2006 Air Vice-Marshal Simon Bryant
  • 27 March 2009 Air Vice-Marshal Michael Lloyd
  • September 2011 Air Vice-Marshal Matthew Wiles
  • 2013–2016 Air Vice-Marshal David Stubbs
  • July 2016 – February 2020: Air Vice-Marshal Chris Elliot
  • February 2020 – August 2023: Air Vice-Marshal Maria Byford
  • August 2023 – Present: Air Vice-Marshal Simon Edwards

References

References

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  2. "Whitaker's Almanack 1979". William Clowes.
  3. (December 2021). "Senior Royal Air Force Appointments".
  4. (19 July 2020). "Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Barnett (05167)".
  5. (21 June 2022). "Air Chief Marshal Sir Theodore McEvoy (16181)".
  6. (16 April 2022). "Air Chief Marshal Sir William MacDonald (28045)".
  7. {{London Gazette. (15 July 1966)
  8. {{London Gazette. (8 December 1967)
  9. {{London Gazette. (10 April 1972)
  10. {{London Gazette. (23 October 1973)
  11. {{London Gazette. (1 March 1976)
  12. {{London Gazette. (20 February 1989)
  13. "Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service".
  14. [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050613221437/http://www.mod.uk/publications/whitebook/appointments/air.htm Section 7 – A Guide to Appointments & Invitations]
  15. (2004). "Whitaker's Almanack 2005". A & C Black.
  16. "Air Rank Appointments List 4/06".
  17. "AIR RANK APPOINTMENTS LIST 09/08".
  18. (30 December 2013 }}{{dead link). "Air Commodore Chris Luck has taken over as Commandant of the RAF College Cranwell and director of recruitment and initial officer training (RAF).". Grantham Journal.
  19. "Ups and outs : December 2013". Defence Viewpoints.
  20. "Senior Appointments". RAF.
  21. . (10 February 2020). ["Senior Appointments 10 February 2020"](https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/). *Royal Air Force*.
  22. (18 July 2023). "Senior Appointments".
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