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
editRecent 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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- ^ "No. 55815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 2000. p. 4076.
- ^ "No. 55453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 April 1999. p. 4139.
- ^ "No. 57018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 2001. p. 9733.
- ^ "No. 55815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 2000. p. 4076.
- ^ "No. 56171". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 2001. p. 4381.
- ^ "No. 56171". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 2001. p. 4381.
- ^ "No. 57018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 2001. p. 9733.
- ^ "No. 57018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 2003. p. 9733.
- ^ "No. 57018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 2003. p. 9733.
- ^ "No. 57965". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 April 2006. p. 5686.
- ^ "No. 57875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 January 2006. p. 630.
- ^ "No. 58291". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 April 2007. p. 4856.
- ^ "Appointment as Chief of the Air Staff and Air Aide-de-Camp of then-Air Marshal Stephen Dalton". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "No. 59100". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2009. p. 10232.
- ^ Air Rank Appointments list Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 60575". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 2013. p. 14490.
- ^ "No. 61656". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 2016. p. 16088.
- ^ "No. 62738". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 2019. p. 14455.
- ^ "No. 64077". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2023. p. 11608.
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