serviceyears branch commands allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1970 - 2002 united kingdom raf wittering royal air force college cranwell united kingdom companion of the order of the bath bosnian war 18 september 1947 air vice marshal john thompson -lrb- raf officer -rrb-
 john thompson
john thompson -lrb- raf officer -rrb-

air vice marshal john hugh thompson cb -lrb- born 18 september 1947 -rrb- is a former royal air force officer who became head of the british defence staff in washington , d.c.
