Allan Marshall (RAF officer)
Air Vice-Marshal Allan Paul Marshall, OBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer.
Allan Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1991–present |
| Rank | Air vice-marshal |
| Commands held | RAF Waddington No. V (AC) Squadron |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Early life
Marshall holds an engineering degree from Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1]
RAF career
Marshall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in September 1991.[2] He served as officer commanding No. V (AC) Squadron.[1] He went on to become station commander at RAF Waddington in March 2016,[3][4] and Head of Military Operations in the Ministry of Defence in December 2018.[5] In February 2020 it was announced that he would be appointed to the post of Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group with effect from March 2020.[6]
Marshall was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours.[7]
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gollark: In my school there are a bunch of displays with "information" on them (mostly news headlines and promotional images of the school) which apparently run Windows, because they frequently seem to undergo updates and sometimes are stuck on a blank desktop (do they not know how to make stuff autostart?).
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References
- "Previous Visiting Fellows". Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "No. 52707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1991. p. 16859.
- "RAF Waddington welcomes new station commander". 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Buckingham Palace". Court Circular. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Senior appointment". RAF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Senior RAF Commanders" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 6.
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