Peter Ruddock
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Air Marshal
Peter William David Ruddock CB
CBE
(born 5 February 1954) is a former senior commander in the Royal Air Force
who became Air Secretary
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in 1993, Assistant Director of the Defence Intelligence Staff in 1996, Station Commander at RAF Coningsby in 1999 and then Air Comodore Defensive Operations at Headquarters No. 1 Group
in 2000. He became Director of Staff Duties in 2002 and Air Secretary
in 2004 before moving on to be Director-General of the Saudi Arabia
Armed Forces Project in 2006.
He retired in 2011 and became Business Development Director at Lockheed Martin UK
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Air Marshal
Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Peter William David Ruddock CB
Order of the Bath
The 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...
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...
(born 5 February 1954) is a former senior commander in 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...
who became Air Secretary
Air Secretary
The Air Secretary is the Royal Air Force appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RAF. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre. It is...
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RAF career
Ruddock joined the Royal Air Force in 1974. He was appointed Officer Commanding the Operations Wing at RAF ConingsbyRAF Coningsby
RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It has been commanded by Group Captain Martin Sampson since 10 December 2010.-Operational units:...
in 1993, Assistant Director of the Defence Intelligence Staff in 1996, Station Commander at RAF Coningsby in 1999 and then Air Comodore Defensive Operations at Headquarters No. 1 Group
No. 1 Group RAF
Number 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in Air Command.The group is today referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK plus RAF Unit Goose Bay in Canada, which is used extensively as an...
in 2000. He became Director of Staff Duties in 2002 and Air Secretary
Air Secretary
The Air Secretary is the Royal Air Force appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RAF. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre. It is...
in 2004 before moving on to be Director-General of the Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
Armed Forces Project in 2006.
He retired in 2011 and became Business Development Director at Lockheed Martin UK
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
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