Air Marshal

Air Marshal

Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Sir (Richard) John Kemball, KCB

Order of the Bath

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, CBE

Order of the British Empire

The 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...

, DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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 (born 31 January 1939) is a former Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 officer who became Deputy Commander of Strike Command

RAF Strike Command

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RAF career

Kemball was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1957. He was appointed Officer Commanding

Officer Commanding

The Officer Commanding is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit , principally used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. In other countries, the term Commanding Officer is applied to commanders of minor as well as major units.Normally an Officer Commanding is a company, squadron or battery...

 No. 54 Squadron in 1976 and became Station Commander at RAF Laarbruch

RAF Laarbruch

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 in 1978. He went on to be Commandant of the RAF Central Flying School

Central Flying School

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 in 1983 and Commander of British Forces on the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

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 in 1985 before becoming Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Strike Command

RAF Strike Command

The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007: it was merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations - No. 1...

 in 1989. He retired in 1993.

In retirement he became Chief Executive of the Racing Welfare Charity, Chairman of Essex Rivers NHS Healthcare Trust and High Sheriff of Suffolk

High Sheriff of Suffolk

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in 2007.