Tom Burke (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal Thomas James Patrick Burke, CBE is a British pilot and senior Royal Air Force officer, who since August 2023 has been Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF.^[1]

Air Commodore Burke in 2021

Burke was station commander of RAF Waddington from November 2017 to December 2019.^[2][3] He was promoted air commodore on 6 January 2020 upon appointment as assistant chief of staff operations,^[4] serving as such until he was appointed director of the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in December 2022.^[5] He was promoted to air vice-marshal on 25 August 2023, as he took the command of the No. 11 Group RAF.^[6]

In the 2021 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).^[7]

References

1. "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
2. . Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
3. . Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
4. "No. 62915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 2020. p. 2447.
5. "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
6. "No. 64194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2023. p. 20248.
7. "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N7.

Military offices
Preceded by Philip Robinson	Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF 2023 to present	Incumbent