Chief of Air Force (Australia)
Appointees
The following lists all chiefs of the RAAF, ranks and honours as at completion of their tours.

Chief of Air Force (Australia)

Section Title: Appointees
Table Section Text: The following lists all chiefs of the RAAF, ranks and honours as at completion of their tours.

Rank & Pre-Nominal	Name	Post- Nominals	Service	Term began	Term ended	Time in appointment

Chief of the Air Staff

Wing Commander	Richard Williams	DSO, OBE	RAAF	October 1922	December 1922	61 days

Wing Commander	Stanley Goble	CBE, DSO, DSC	RAAF	December 1922	February 1925	2 years, 62 days

Air Commodore	Richard Williams	CBE, DSO	RAAF	February 1925	December 1932	7 years, 304 days

Air Commodore	Stanley Goble	CBE, DSO, DSC	RAAF	December 1932	June 1934	1 year, 182 days

Air Vice Marshal	Richard Williams	CB, CBE, DSO	RAAF	June 1934	February 1939	5 years, 0 days

Air Vice Marshal	Stanley Goble	CBE, DSO, DSC	RAAF	February 1939	January 1940	334 days

Air Commodore	William Anderson	CBE, DFC	RAAF	January 1940	February 1940	31 days

Air Chief Marshal Sir	Charles Burnett	KCB, CBE, DSO	RAF	February 1940	May 1942	2 years, 89 days

Air Marshal	George Jones	CB, CBE, DFC	RAAF	May 1942	January 1952	9 years, 245 days

Air Marshal Sir	Donald Hardman	KCB, OBE, DFC	RAF	January 1952	January 1954	2 years, 0 days

Air Marshal Sir	John McCauley	KBE, CB	RAAF	January 1954	March 1957	3 years, 59 days

Air Marshal Sir	Frederick Scherger	KBE, CB, DSO, AFC	RAAF	March 1957	May 1961	4 years, 61 days

Air Marshal Sir	Valston Hancock	KBE, CB, DFC	RAAF	May 1961	May 1965	4 years, 0 days

Air Marshal Sir	Alister Murdoch	KBE, CB	RAAF	June 1965	December 1969	4 years, 183 days

Air Marshal Sir	Colin Hannah	KBE, CB	RAAF	January 1970	March 1972	2 years, 60 days

Air Marshal	Charles Read	CB, DFC, AFC	RAAF	March 1972	March 1975	3 years, 0 days

Air Marshal Sir	James Rowland	KBE, DFC, AFC	RAAF	March 1975	March 1979	4 years, 0 days

Air Marshal Sir	Neville McNamara	KBE, AO, AFC, AE	RAAF	March 1979	April 1982	3 years, 31 days

Air Marshal	David Evans	AC, DSO, AFC	RAAF	April 1982	May 1985	3 years, 30 days

Air Marshal	John Newham	AC	RAAF	May 1985	July 1987	2 years, 61 days

Air Marshal	Ray Funnell	AC	RAAF	July 1987	October 1992	5 years, 92 days

Air Marshal	Barry Gration	AO, AFC	RAAF	October 1992	November 1994	2 years, 31 days

Air Marshal	Les Fisher	AO	RAAF	November 1994	February 1997	2 years, 92 days

Chief of Air Force

Air Marshal	Les Fisher	AO	RAAF	February 1997	May 1998	1 year, 89 days

Air Marshal	Errol McCormack	AO	RAAF	May 1998	June 2001	3 years, 31 days

Air Marshal	Angus Houston	AO, AFC	RAAF	June 2001	July 2005	4 years, 30 days

Air Marshal	Geoff Shepherd	AO	RAAF	July 2005	July 2008	3 years, 0 days

Air Marshal	Mark Binskin	AO	RAAF	July 2008	July 2011	3 years, 0 days

Air Marshal	Geoff Brown	AO	RAAF	July 2011	July 2015	4 years, 0 days

Air Marshal	Leo Davies	AO, CSC	RAAF	July 2015	Incumbent	3 years, 286 days

Sentence(s)

Hardman was succeeded in 1954 by Air Marshal Sir John McCauley.

final_sentence: Hardman was succeeded in 1954 by Air Marshal Sir John McCauley.