Allan Marshall (RAF officer)

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal

AllegianceUnited Kingdom

Service years1991–present

Air Marshal Allan Marshall OBE
Marshall in 2024
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Service years	1991–present
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands	No. 1 Group RAF RAF Waddington No. V (AC) Squadron
Battles / wars	Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Spouse	Air Marshal Suraya Marshall

Air Marshal Allan Paul Marshall, OBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer, who since March 2024 has been Air and Space Commander.

Marshall studied engineering at Pembroke College, Cambridge,^[1] graduating from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.^[2]

RAF career

Marshall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 2 September 1991 with the rank of acting pilot officer.^[3] Having completed an in-service degree, he was re-graded as a pilot officer on 15 July 1994.^[2]^[4] He was promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1995 with seniority in that rank from 15 July 1992.^[5] His early career consisted of flying the Harrier jump jet.^[4]

He served as officer commanding No. V (AC) Squadron.^[1] He went on to become station commander at RAF Waddington in March 2016,^[6]^[7] and Head of Military Operations in the Ministry of Defence in December 2018.^[8]

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.^[9] On 22 November 2021, Marshall took up the post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments) in succession to Major General Charles Stickland.^[10] On 8 March 2024, he was promoted to air marshal and appointed as Air and Space Commander in succession to Harv Smyth.^[11]^[12]

Marshall was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours.^[13]

Personal life

Marshall is married to Air Marshal Suraya Marshall, and together they have two children.^[14]

References

1 2 "Previous Visiting Fellows". Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
1 2 "No. 53794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 September 1994. p. 13208.
↑ "No. 52707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1991. p. 16859.
1 2 "Air and Space Commander: Air Marshal Allan Marshall OBE RAF". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ "No. 53952". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1995. pp. 2097–2098.
↑ "RAF Waddington welcomes new station commander". 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 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.
↑ "Senior Appointments: 2021". Royal Air Force. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
↑ "No. 64341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 2024. p. 5003.
↑ "Senior Appointments: 2023". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. Air Vice-Marshal A P Marshall OBE to be promoted Air Marshal and to be Air and Space Commander in March 2024 in succession to Air Marshal H Smyth CB OBE DFC.
↑ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 6.
↑ "No 2 Group: Air Officer Commanding". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Military offices

Preceded by

Harv Smyth

Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group
2020–2021

Succeeded by

Ian Duguid

Preceded by

Charles Stickland

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments)
2021–2024

Succeeded by

Steve Moorhouse

Preceded by

Harv Smyth

Air and Space Commander
2024–present

Incumbent

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