Air Force Board
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The Air Force Board of the Defence Council
is responsible for the management of the Royal Air Force
.
Prior to the creation of the current UK
Ministry of Defence
in 1964, the administration of the RAF and its personnel was undertaken by the Air Force Council, part of the Air Ministry
. In 1964, the Defence Council
took over this role, but the day to day management of the three services was delegated to the three single service boards, of which the Air Force Board is one.
Defence Council
Defence Council may refer to:* Croatian Defence Council, the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving military objectives...
is responsible for the management of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
.
Prior to the creation of the current UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
in 1964, the administration of the RAF and its personnel was undertaken by the Air Force Council, part of the Air Ministry
Air Ministry
The Air Ministry was a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964...
. In 1964, the Defence Council
Defence Council
Defence Council may refer to:* Croatian Defence Council, the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving military objectives...
took over this role, but the day to day management of the three services was delegated to the three single service boards, of which the Air Force Board is one.
Members of the Air Force Board as of 4 April 2009
- Civilian
- Secretary of State for DefenceSecretary of State for DefenceThe Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...
- The Rt Hon. John HuttonJohn Hutton (Labour MP)John Matthew Patrick Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria from 1992 to 2010, and has served in a number of Cabinet offices, including Defence Secretary and Business Secretary...
MP - Chairman of the Defence CouncilDefence CouncilDefence Council may refer to:* Croatian Defence Council, the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving military objectives...
and Chairman of the Air Force Board of the Defence Council - Minister of State (Armed Forces) - The Rt Hon. Bob AinsworthBob AinsworthRobert William Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Coventry North East since 1992, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010...
MP - Minister for Defence Equipment and Support - Quentin DaviesQuentin DaviesJohn Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. Originally elected as a Conservative, he defected to Labour on 26 June 2007. Davies announced in 2010 that he would not stand for...
MP - Minister of State for Veterans - Kevan JonesKevan JonesKevan David Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for North Durham since 2001.-Early life:...
MP - Minister for International Defence and SecurityMinister for International Defence and SecurityThe Minister for International Security Strategy is a British government position. The current holder of the post is Gerald Howarth, Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence,....
- The Rt Hon. Baroness Ann TaylorAnn TaylorAnn Taylor may refer to:*Ann Taylor , American radio personality*Ann Taylor , poet and children's writer*Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton , UK Labour Party politician*Ann Taylor -See also:...
PC - 2nd Permanent Under Secretary - Ms Ursula BrennanUrsula BrennanUrsula Brennan has been the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the UK's Ministry of Defence since November 2010. A career civil servant, she joined the MOD in October 2008, having spent most of her career at what is now the Department of Work and Pensions .-Background:Brennan was born in...
(Secretary to the Air Force Board)
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Royal Air Force
- Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief MarshalAir Chief MarshalAir chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Glenn TorpyGlenn TorpyAir Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Lester Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a fast jet pilot in the late 1970s and 1980s, a senior officer in the early 1990s and a senior commander in the late 1990s and 2000s...
GCB CBE DSO ADC - Commander-in-ChiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
Air CommandRAF Air CommandAir Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training Commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire....
- Air Chief MarshalAir Chief MarshalAir chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Christopher MoranChris MoranAir Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Hugh "Chris" Moran, KCB, OBE, MVO, ADC, FRAeS , was a fast jet pilot and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force...
KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
MVORoyal Victorian OrderThe Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
ADC - Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel / Air Member for PersonnelAir Member for PersonnelThe Air Member for Personnel is the senior Royal Air Force officer who is responsible for personnel matters and is a member of the Air Force Board...
- Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Simon BryantSimon BryantAir Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant KCB CBE is a Royal Air Force officer, currently serving as Commander-in-Chief of Air Command, and the second-most senior officer in the service...
CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... - Chief of Materiel (Air) / Air Member for Material - Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Barry ThorntonBarry ThorntonAir Marshal Sir Barry Michael Thornton KCB, MSc, CEng, FIMechE, FCMI, FRAeS, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.-RAF career:Educated at Baines Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, Thornton joined the Royal Air Force in 1976...
KCBOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... - Assistant Chief of the Air StaffAssistant Chief of the Air StaffThe Assistant Chief of the Air Staff is a senior appointment in the Royal Air Force. The incumbent is in practical terms the deputy to the head of the RAF, the Chief of the Air Staff....
- Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
T M Anderson DSODistinguished Service OrderThe Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
ADC - Capability Manager (Information Superiority) / Air Member for Equipment Capability - Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
C W Dixon OBE
- Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal