Air aide-de-camp
Royal Air Force honorary officer
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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 Rich Knighton (2023–present)[20] (became CDS)
- Air Chief Marshal Harvey Smyth (2025-present)
