Air aide-de-camp

An air aide-de-camp is a senior honorary aide-de-camp appointment for air officers in the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Indian Air Force. Normally the recipient is appointed as an air aide-de-camp to the head of state. The British Army's equivalent appointment is aide-de-camp general.

Royal Air Force

Recent appointments have included successive Chiefs of the Air Staff, as well as successive Commanders-in-chief, Strike Command (latterly Air Command), prior to the posts being merged in 2012:

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns (1997–2000)^[1][2]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire (1999–2003)^[3][4]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall (2000–2001)^[5][6]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day (2001-2003)^[7][8]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge (2003–2006)^[9]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup (2003-)^[10]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy (2006-2009)^[11]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French (2006–2007)^[12][13]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (2007–2009)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton (2009-2013)^[14]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran (2009-2010)^[15] (died in office).
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant (2010-2012)^[16]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (2013-2016)^[17]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier (2016-2019)^[18]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston (2019-2023)^[19]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton (2023-present)^[20]

References

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11. "No. 57965". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 April 2006. p. 5686.
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14. . Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
15. "No. 59100". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2009. p. 10232.
16. Air Rank Appointments list 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
17. "No. 60575". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 2013. p. 14490.
18. "No. 61656". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 2016. p. 16088.
19. "No. 62738". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 2019. p. 14455.
20. "No. 64077". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2023. p. 11608.