David Cooper (RAF officer)

Cooper was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 27 March 1988.^[1] He became officer commanding No. 617 Squadron RAF in April 2008. He went on to be Station Commander RAF Marham in November 2011,^[2] Director Air Operations for NATO in November 2013 and Joint Force Air Component Commander in Afghanistan in November 2014.^[3] He became the Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF in June 2017.^[4] He retired from the RAF on 25 May 2020.^[5]

Cooper was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for service on his tour in Afghanistan as Joint Force Air Component Commander.^[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.^[6]