serviceyears branch commands allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1966 -- 2003 united kingdom chief & nbsp ; 1 group raf cottesmore no . & of nbsp ; 1 -lrb- f -rrb- squadron the air staff strike command no . united kingdom knight distinguished flying cross air force cross queen 's commendation for grand valuable service in the air cross of the order of the bath falklands war operation veritas operation telic 07 october 1945 air chief marshal peter squire
 sir peter ted squire
peter squire

air chief marshal sir peter ted squire -lrb- born 7 october 1945 -rrb- is a retired senior royal air force commander .
he was a fast jet pilot in the 1970s , a squadron commander during the falklands war and a senior air commander in the 1990s .
squire was chief of the air staff from 2000 to 2003 during which time both operation veritas -lrb- in afghanistan -rrb- and operation telic -lrb- in iraq -rrb- were initiated .
in retirement he became chairman of the board of trustees of the imperial war museum and vice-chairman of the board of the commonwealth war graves commission .
