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unusual facts about Chief of the Air Staff



Arras Memorial

In 1918, he briefly served as the first Chief of the Air Staff before taking up command of the Independent Air Force in France.

Aspy Engineer

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC (15 December 1912 – 1 May 2002) was an officer in the Indian Air Force who rose through the ranks to become Chief of the Air Staff and later served as India's ambassador to Iran.

De Havilland DH.50

The Chief of the Air Staff, Group Captain Richard Williams, and two crew members undertook a three-month, 10,000 mi (16,093 km) round trip from Point Cook, Victoria to the Pacific Islands.

Denis Spotswood

As the Chief of the Air Staff in the early 1970s he had a major role in implementing the defence savings demanded by the Heath Government in the face of economic difficulties at the time.

Dermot Boyle

He was Chief of the Air Staff in the late 1950s and, in that role, deployed British air power during the Suez Crisis in October 1956 and defended the RAF against the views of Duncan Sandys, the Minister for Defence, who believed that the V bomber force rendered manned fighter aircraft redundant.

Norman Anil Kumar Browne

Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, also known as "Charlie" Browne, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF)from 31 July 2011 to 31 Dec 2013.

Pradeep Vasant Naik

Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik served as the nineteenth Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.

Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies

The centre was launched on 23 August 2007 by Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff.


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Donald Hardman

The decision by Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies to appoint an RAF officer caused resentment in the Air Force, compounded when he stated his reason as being that there was "no RAAF officer of sufficient age, or operation experience, to take the post of Chief of the Air Staff", ignoring the wartime records of such figures as John McCauley and Frederick Scherger.

Edward Ellington

Edward Leonard Ellington, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, British Chief of the Air Staff

Magdy Galal Sharawi

In late 2003, Sharawi visited Pakistan, meeting the Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat.

North American P-51 variants

The Vice-Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, lobbied vociferously for Merlin-powered Mustangs, insisting two of the five experimental Mustang Mk Xs be handed over to Carl Spaatz for trials and evaluation by the U.S. 8th Air Force in Britain.

Peter Harding

Sir Peter Harding (born 1933), retired Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff

Shittu

Shittu Alao (born 1937), a Nigerian Air Force's Chief of the Air Staff

Valston Hancock

In March 1957, Hancock was one of three candidates, along with Air Vice Marshals Frederick Scherger and Allan Walters, touted as possible successors to Air Marshal Sir John McCauley as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the RAAF's senior position.