serviceyears branch commands birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1967 -- 2006 united kingdom no. strike command 11/18 group joint services command and staff college maidstone , kent united kingdom knight of the order of the british empire commander of the order of the bath commander iraq war yes 1949 air chief marshal brian burridge
 sir brian burridge
brian burridge

air chief marshal sir brian kevin burridge kcb , cbe , adc , fcmi , fraes -lrb- b. 1949 in maidstone , united kingdom -rrb- is a retired royal air force officer .
a former nimrod pilot , burridge was in overall command of british forces under operation telic during the 2003 invasion of iraq .
