# List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force

This is a of serving senior officers in the Royal Air Force. It includes currently serving air chief marshals, air marshals, air vice-marshals, and air commodores.

## Air Chief Marshals

| Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
| Sir Richard John Knighton | | Chief of the Air Staff | Engineer | KCB, ADC | 2 June 2023 | |

## Air Marshals

| Name | Appointment | Branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Sean Keith Paul Reynolds | Air Officer, Northern Ireland | Royal Air Force Reserve | CB, CBE, DFC | 9 May 2016 |
| John Jackson Stringer | Deputy Commander, Allied Air Command | Flying | CBE | 1 August 2022 |
| Harvey Smyth | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) | Flying | CB, OBE, DFC | 26 August 2022 |
| Clare Samantha Walton | Director General, Defence Medical Services | RAF Medical Services | CB, KHP | 3 July 2023 |
| Paul Harron Lloyd | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command Air Member for Personnel, Air Force Board | Engineer | CBE | 18 September 2023 |
| Allan Paul Marshall | Air and Space Commander | Flying | OBE | 8 March 2024 |
| Paul Alexander Godfrey | Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, United States Space Force | Flying | CB, OBE | 15 June 2024 |
| Alan K. Gillespie | Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority | Flying | CBE | 29 November 2024 |

## Air Vice-Marshals

| Name | Appointment | Branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Elaine West | Service Complaints Panel Member | General Duties (Ground) | CBE | 1 August 2013 |
| Tamara Nancy Jennings | Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies | RAF Legal Branch | CB, OBE | 29 September 2018 |
| Ranald Torquil Ian Munro | Director of Reserves, Air Command Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | transferred from British Army | CB, CBE, TD, VR, ADC, DL | 23 September 2019 |
| Michael J. Smeath | Director, Global Defence Network Commandant General, Royal Air Force Regiment | Regiment | CBE | 31 July 2020 |
| Alastair P. T. Smith | Commander, Joint Aviation Command | Flying | | 31 August 2020 |
| Philip T. G. Lester | Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Air Force Reserve | | 4 May 2021 |
| Simon Scott Edwards | Air Secretary Director of People, Air Command | Flying | CB | 17 May 2021 |
| Timothy David Neal-Hopes | Commander, National Cyber Force | Engineer | OBE | 9 August 2021 |
| Suraya Antonia Marshall | Assistant Chief of the Air Staff | Flying, Qualified Weapons Instructor | CBE | 11 October 2021 |
| Philip Jeremy Robinson | Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Flying | CBE, DFC** | 6 December 2021 |
| Mark W. J. Chappell | | Flying | | 5 January 2021 |
| David Scott Arthurton | Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital | Flying | OBE | 13 May 2022 |
| Peter James Murray Squires | Director, Military Aviation Authority | Flying | OBE, ADC | 1 September 2022 |
| Giles Leslie Legood | Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force | Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch | MBE, KHC | 5 August 2022 |
| Timothy Telfer Jones | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design) | | CBE | 2 December 2022 |
| Mark Robert Flewin | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) | Flying | CBE | 12 January 2023 |
| Philip Alan Brooker | Director of Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineer | OBE | 12 May 2023 |
| Ian Jon Townsend | Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group | Flying | CBE | 22 May 2023 |
| David Cyril McLoughlin | Director of Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services | RAF Medical Services | CBE | 5 June 2023 |
| Jeremy J. Attridge | Director, Saudi Armed Forces Project | Flying | OBE | 20 June 2023 |
| Thomas James Patrick Burke | Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group Director of Operations, Air Command | Flying | | 25 August 2023 |
| Shaun Harris | Director of Support, Air Command Chief Engineer, Air Command | Engineer | CBE | 27 September 2023 |
| Jason Lee Appleton | Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group | Flying | | 29 February 2024 |
| James Anthony Beck | Director of Capability and Programmes, Air Command | | OBE | 2 April 2024 |
| Thomas Ashbridge | Director of Operations, Defence Digital | | | 19 July 2024 |
| Richard Hill | Service Complaints Panel Member | Royal Auxiliary Air Force | CBE | 25 July 2024 |
| Mark Phelps | Director of Legal Services, Air Command | Legal Services | OBE | 27 September 2024 |
| Mark K. Ridgway | Director of Defence Futures, Strategic Command | | | 28 October 2024 |
| Adrian S. Burns | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (People Capability) | Personnel | | 25 November 2024 |
| Simon Robert Strasdin | Director Joint Warfare, Strategic Command | | CBE | 27 November 2024 |
| Mark Hunt | Deputy Director-General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority | Engineer | OBE | 19 December 2024 |
| Mark George Jackson | Air Officer Commanding, No. 1 Group | | OBE | March 2025 |

### Acting

| Name | Photo | Appointment | Branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
| Christopher D. Snaith | | Head of Design and Build, Strategic Command | | OBE | 15 February 2021 | |
| Raymond Jackson Pentland | | Service Complaints Panel Member | Royal Air Force Reserve | CB | | |

## Air Commodores

| Name | Appointment | Branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Malcolm K. Crayford | Service Complaints Panel Member | | | ? |
| Paul Nolan Oborn | Service Complaints Panel Member | Royal Air Force Reserve | | 1 July 2007 |
| C. M. Smith | Service Complaints Panel Member | | | 2 September 2013 |
| Nigel Timothy Bradshaw | Deputy Defence Services Secretary Head of Ceremonial Events, Honours, and Recognition, Ministry of Defence | | CBE | 13 April 2015 |
| John Philip Wariner | | | | 1 April 2016 |
| Adam Mark Sansom | Air Officer, Northern England | Engineer | | 24 June 2016 |
| Simon Andrew Harper | Air Officer, Southeast England | Administrative | OBE | 26 September 2016 |
| Jefferson Brian Portlock | Service Complaints Panel Member | Flying | | 21 April 2017 |
| Dominic A. Stamp | | Flying | CBE | 3 July 2017 |
| Andrew T. Martin | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Air Mobility and Air Enablers), Air Command | Flying | OBE | 21 July 2017 |
| Suzanne Natalie Perkins | Air Officer, Southwest England | Logistics | CBE | August 2017 |
| Wendy Rothery | Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence | Personnel | | 2 April 2018 |
| Mark S. Sexton | | Provost | | June 2018 |
| Michael R. Wilson | Head of Cyber Governance and Risk Compliance, Ministry of Defence | Engineer | | 30 November 2018 |
| Patrick Keiran O’Donnell | | Personnel | CBE | 8 January 2019 |
| Robert A. Woods | Air Officer, Wales | Engineer | OBE ADC | 26 April 2019 |
| Hugh F. Smith | Head of Doctrine (Air, Space and Cyber), Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Flying | | 24 July 2020 |
| Jason N. Young | Head of C4 and Joint User Information, Defence Digital | Engineer | | 16 September 2020 |
| Andrew David Huggett | Deputy Air Secretary | | | 5 October 2020 |
| Richard Fogden | Director, RAF Sport | | | 1 December 2020 |
| Paul Michael Rose | to be promoted, May 2025 | | MBE | 4 December 2020 |
| Martin Christopher Lowe | Programme Director, Future Combat Air Systems | | | 18 December 2020 |
| Richard James Yates | Student, Royal College of Defence Studies | | MBE | 29 January 2021 |
| Richard Glyn Jacob | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, C2IAMD), Air Command | | | 1 April 2021 |
| Luke J. Houghton | Head of Medical Operational Capability, Defence Medical Services | Medical | | 26 April 2021 |
| Mike James Blackburn | UK Defence Attaché to China | | | 5 May 2021 |
| Joanne L. Lincoln | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel and Logistics), Permanent Joint Headquarters | | MBE | 15 July 2021 |
| Angela Marjorie Baker | Head of the Commissioning and Managing Organisation, Defence Equipment and Support | | | 26 July 2021 |
| James Philip Brayshaw | Head of Future Workforce Planning, Ministry of Defence | Administrative | | 1 October 2021 |
| Alexander Brian Hicks | Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, ISR), Air Command | | | 13 October 2021 |
| Andrew Dickens | | | OBE | 1 November 2021 |
| Elizabeth Mary Purcell | Director of Development, Joint Support and Enabling Command | | | 20 November 2021 |
| Gavin Paul Hellard | Deputy Commandant General, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | | CBE | 13 December 2021 |
| Anthony John Lyle | Commandant, Royal Air Force College Cranwell Director of Recruit Initial Training, No. 22 Group | | ADC | 17 December 2021 |
| Chris A. Mullen | Chief of Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | | | 11 February 2022 |
| Ian J. Sharrocks | Director, Joint Services Command and Staff College | | OBE | 11 February 2022 |
| Jonathan Blythe Crawford | Commandant, Air and Space Warfare Centre | | CBE | 20 May 2022 |
| Mark E. Puzey | | | | 6 June 2022 |
| Mark John Farrell | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command | | | 16 June 2022 |
| James William Stephen Thompson | Deputy Commander, United Kingdom Space Command | | CBE | 16 June 2022 |
| Lee Turner | Deputy Director of Operations, Air Command | | | 16 June 2022 |
| Stephen Paul Kilvington | UK National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | | CBE | 21 June 2022 |
| Nicholas Charles Joseph Brittain | Assistant Chief of Staff (Career Management), Air Command | | OBE | 29 July 2022 |
| Sonia M. Phythian | | Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service | OBE, ARRC | 15 August 2022 |
| Nikki S. Thomas | UK Air Attaché to the USA | | OBE | 13 September 2022 |
| Philip J. Arnold | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Air Command | | | 14 September 2022 |
| Mark W. Smith | Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff | | OBE | 4 November 2022 |
| Simon D. Joy | Head of Regulation and Certification, Military Aviation Authority | | OBE | 15 November 2022 |
| Ola A. Fashade | Assistant Chief of Staff (Communications), Permanent Joint Headquarters | | | 28 November 2022 |
| Andrew Gilbert | Head of Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support | | | 15 December 2022 |
| Simon E. Young | Head of Air Systems Equipment and Training, Defence Equipment & Support | | | 3 January 2023 |
| Adam M. Bone | Head of Operations, Plans, and Training, United Kingdom Space Command | | | 5 January 2023 |
| Matthew J. Bressani | Head of Military Strategic Effects, Ministry of Defence | | OBE | 9 January 2023 |
| Mark T. Manwaring | Head, Capability Safety Group, Army Command | | | 11 January 2023 |
| Nicholas J. Knight | Head of Combat Aviation Programmes, Army Command | | OBE | 30 January 2023 |
| Howard Edwards | | | | 30 January 2023 |
| Nicholas J. Stringer | Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Ministry of Defence | | | 17 February 2023 |
| Fionnuala M. Bradley | Head Defence Medical Services Regulator | | RRC | 27 March 2023 |
| Emily Jane Flynn | Head of Capability Joint Plans, Ministry of Defence | | CBE | 31 March 2023 |
| Georgia A. Williams | Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command | | | 2 May 2023 |
| Matthew James Stowers | UK Defence Attaché to Oman | | OBE | 28 May 2023 |
| Andrew P. Cooksley | Assistant Chief of Staff (Digital), Air Command Chief Information Security Officer, Air Command | | | 26 June 2023 |
| Nicholas A. Tucker-Lowe | Assistant Chief of Staff (Combat Air), Air Command | | DSO | 10 July 2023 |
| Gareth J. Bryant | Head of Helicopters 3, Defence Equipment and Support | | OBE | 21 July 2023 |
| Martin G. Brockie | Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command | | | 24 July 2023 |
| Christopher R. Melville | Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command | | OBE | 26 July 2023 |
| Alun G. Roberts | Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons | | | 31 July 2023 |
| Dorian James | Air Officer, Air Mobility Commander, Air Mobility Force | | CBE | 14 August 2023 |
| Steven A. Berry | Head, Qatar Programme, Air Command Head, Joint Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Office, Air Command | | MBE | 21 August 2023 |
| William E. Dole | Assistant Chief of Staff (Infrastructure), Air Command | | OBE | 29 August 2023 |
| Christopher J. Layden | Air Officer, Combat Air Commander, Combat Air Force | | | 6 October 2023 |
| David James Peter Crook | Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and Recruiting, Air Command | | OBE | 13 October 2023 |
| Peter M. Saul | Head of Command and Control, Targeting, Navigation and Communications, Defence Equipment and Support | | OBE | 27 October 2023 |
| Craig Stephen Watson | Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics), Air Command | | | 30 October 2023 |
| Andrew David Turk | Deputy Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command Chief of Staff, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command | | DFC | 1 November 2023 |
| Darren Richard Ellison | Air Officer, Medical Operations Assistant Chief of Staff (Health), Air Command Head, Royal Air Force Medical Services | Medical | | 6 November 2023 |
| Darren Jay Whiteley | Deputy Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, United States Space Command | | | 22 November 2023 |
| Patrick James Shea-Simonds | Assistant Chief of Staff (Strategy), Air Command | | OBE | 30 November 2023 |
| Philip James Wadlow | Head of Strategic Engagement, Air Command | | | 15 December 2023 |
| Paul David Yates | Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Ministry of Defence | align="center" | | 1 February 2024 |
| Nicholas James Paton | Air Officer, ISTAR Commander, ISTAR Force | align="center" | DFC | 23 February 2024 |
| Martin Leonard Cunningham | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Air Command Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Command | | | 26 February 2024 |
| Leah Griffin | Head of Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | | | 4 March 2024 |
| Sally Elizabeth Courtnadge | Head of Russia and Eurasia Centre, Defence Intelligence | align="center" | | 19 April 2024 |
| Michael Henton Graham Carver | Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (Allied Integration), United States Southern Command | align="center" | | 26 April 2024 |
| Christopher William Todd | Assistant Chief of Staff (People and Families Support), Air Command | | | 30 April 2024 |
| David John Rowland | Head, Defence AI Centre | | | 8 May 2024 |
| Nicholas M. Worrall | Deputy Director of Military International Security, Ministry of Defence | align="center" | | 24 May 2024 |
| Mark David Lorriman-Hughes | Deputy Director of Intelligence, United States Central Command | | OBE | 4 June 2024 |
| Mark Edward Biggadike | Deputy Director of Plans and Portfolio Management, Air Command | | MBE | 17 June 2024 |
| Robin Anthony Caine | Director of Flying Training, No. 22 Group | | MBE | 4 July 2024 |
| Nicholas James Alexander Huntley | Head of Support Futures and Operational Energy, Air Command | | | 22 July 2024 |
| David J. Wilkinson | Deputy Director of Strategy, Engagement, and Force Development, Air Command | Royal Air Force Police | | 15 August 2024 |
| Beverley Jane Gleave | Service Complaints Panel Member | | | 16 August 2024 |
| Victoria Caroline McPhaden | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel Policy), Air Command | | CBE | 29 August 2024 |
| Claire H. O′Grady | Deputy Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group | | ADC | 30 August 2024 |
| D. Allen Lewis | Commandant Air Cadets | Engineer | | 2 September 2024 |
| Niall Richard Griffiths | Chief of Staff, Headquarters Air Command | | | 4 October 2024 |
| Kevin Jonathan Sanders | Deputy Director of Legal Services, Air Command | | | 15 October 2024 |
| Jonathan H. Fortune | Head Future Combat Air System, Air Command Chief Digital and Information Officer, Air Command | | | 1 November 2024 |
| Edward Ashley Cripps | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Force Headquarters | Regiment | | 8 November 2024 |
| Mark David Quick | Head of Programmes, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Project | | | 14 November 2024 |
| Stephen Robert Willsher | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Defence Digital | | | 18 November 2024 |
| Roger Grenville Elliott | Commander, Combined Air Operations Center | | | 25 November 2024 |
| Paul Tavus Hamilton | Commander, Global Enablement | | MBE | 13 January 2025 |
| S. E. Blackwell | Commander, Air Bases | | OBE | 17 January 2025 |
| Peter N. Cracroft | UK Defence Attaché to Ukraine Head of the British Defence Staff, Eastern Europe | Flying | | |