Chief of the Air Staff (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Chief of the Air Staff | |
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Kommandoflagge des Chief of the Air Staff | |
Amtierend Richard Knighton seit dem 2. Juni 2023 | |
Amtssitz | Verteidigungsministerium, Whitehall, London |
Amtszeit | At His Majesty’s pleasure |
Schaffung des Amtes | 1918 |
Erster Amtsinhaber | Hugh Trenchard |
Website | www.raf.mod.uk |
Der Chief of the Air Staff (abgekürzt CAS; deutsch: „Chef des Luftstabes“) ist das militärische Oberhaupt der Luftstreitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs, der Royal Air Force. Er ist Mitglied des Chiefs of Staff Committee und des Air Force Board und steht auf einer Stufe mit dem Ersten Seelord und Chef des Marinestabs sowie dem Chief of the General Staff (Chef des Heeresgeneralstabs), aber unterhalb des Chief of the Defence Staff (Chef des Verteidigungsstabes). Etatmäßig trägt er den Rang eines Air Chief Marshal. Der Posten besteht seit der Gründung der Royal Air Force während des Ersten Weltkriegs 1918, 33. und aktueller Amtsinhaber ist seit Juni 2023 Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton.
Liste der Amtsinhaber seit 1918
# | Bild | Rang | Name | Datum der Ernennung | Bemerkungen |
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1 | Major-General | Hugh Trenchard | 3. Januar 1918 | (das Royal Flying Corps wurde am 1. April 1918 zur Royal Air Force) | |
2 | Major-General | Frederick Sykes | 13. April 1918 | ||
3 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Hugh Trenchard | 31. März 1919 | am längsten amtierender CAS | |
4 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | John Salmond | 1. Januar 1930 | ||
5 | Air Chief Marshal | Geoffrey Salmond | 1. April 1933 | im Amt verstorben, Bruder von John Salmond | |
6 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | John Salmond | 28. April 1933 | temporär reaktiviert | |
7 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Edward Ellington | 22. Mai 1933 | ||
8 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Cyril Newall | 1. September 1937 | ||
9 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Charles Portal | 25. Oktober 1940 | ||
10 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Arthur Tedder | 1. Januar 1946 | ||
11 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | John Slessor | 1. Januar 1950 | ||
12 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | William Dickson | 1. Januar 1953 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
13 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Dermot Boyle | 1. Januar 1956 | ||
14 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Thomas Pike | 1. Januar 1960 | ||
15 | Air Chief Marshal | Charles Elworthy | 1. September 1963 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
16 | Air Chief Marshal | John Grandy | 1. April 1967 | ||
17 | Air Chief Marshal | Denis Spotswood | 1. April 1971 | ||
18 | Air Chief Marshal | Andrew Humphrey | 1. April 1974 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
19 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | Neil Cameron | 7. August 1976 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
20 | Air Chief Marshal | Michael Beetham | 10. August 1977 | ||
21 | Air Chief Marshal | Keith Williamson | 15. Oktober 1982 | ||
22 | Air Chief Marshal | David Craig | 15. Oktober 1985 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
23 | Air Chief Marshal | Peter Harding | 14. November 1988 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
24 | Air Chief Marshal | Michael Graydon | 6. November 1992 | ||
25 | Air Chief Marshal | Richard Johns | 10. April 1997 | ||
26 | Air Chief Marshal | Peter Squire | 21. April 2000 | ||
27 | Air Chief Marshal | Jock Stirrup | 1. August 2003 | anschließend Chief of the Defence Staff | |
28 | Air Chief Marshal | Glenn Torpy | 13. April 2006 | ||
29 | Air Chief Marshal | Stephen Dalton | 31. Juli 2009 | ||
30 | (c) Photo: SAC Ben Lees/MOD, OGL v1.0 | Air Chief Marshal | Andrew Pulford | 31. Juli 2013 | |
31 | (c) Photo:Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0 | Air Chief Marshal | Stephen Hillier | 12. Juli 2016 | |
32 | Air Chief Marshal | Michael Wigston | 26. Juli 2019 | ||
33 | Air Chief Marshal | Richard Knighton | 2. Juni 2023 |
In anderen Staaten
Mehrere Länder des Commonwealth haben den Posten eines Chief of the Air Staff (heute teilweise anders bezeichnet) übernommen, darunter:
- Australien (Royal Australian Air Force; heutiger Name: Chief of Air Force)
- Kanada (Royal Canadian Air Force; heutiger Name: Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Chief of the Air Force Staff)
- Neuseeland (Royal New Zealand Air Force; heutiger Name: Chief of Air Force)
- Indien (Indian Air Force)
- Pakistan (Pakistan Air Force)
- Bangladesch (Bangladesh Air Force)
- Nigeria (Nigerian Air Force)
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Autor/Urheber: unknown, Lizenz: OGL 3
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston
The pilot Wing Commander (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Andrew Humphrey with his two navigators (Squadron Leader (later Air Vice-Marshal) Douglas Bower and Squadron Leader R Powell) after their record-breaking flight from Cape Town to London
Photograph of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond at the 1920 Cario Conference, cropped from "The new era in Palestine". The arrival of Sir Herbert Samuel, H.B.M. high commissioner.
Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal. Photograph taken at the Air Ministry in London.
Autor/Urheber: Chris McAndrew , Lizenz: CC BY 3.0
Official portrait of Lord Craig of Radley
Photograph of Major-General en:Frederick Sykes in the initial Royal Air Force uniform design. This uniform was introduced in April 1918 and phased out in August 1919. The source (see below) describes the image as "a First World War portrait" dating it to some time in the period April to November 1918.
Autor/Urheber: Philip Allfrey, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 2.5
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, the Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, in procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter.
Photograph of Air Marshal Sir John Salmond wearing RAF full dress. Taken after a levée.
Photograph of Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike. The caption from the source (see below) states that the photograph was taken in October 1956.
Photograph of Sir Dermot Boyle
Portrait photograph of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Ellington
Air Vice-Marshal W Dickson, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, sitting down to afternoon tea while attending a conference at the Tactical Headquarters of the 8th Army, near Venafro, Italy.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton in Kabul on January 23, 2010.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy addresses more than 90 international air chiefs Sept. 25 at the second of three forums held during the Global Air Chiefs Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. Air Chief Marshal Sir Torpy is the Royal Air Force chief of staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Paussic)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel invasion.
British Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup before a Regional Command South meeting in Istanbul, Turkey
Photograph of Flight Lieutenant Michael Beetham taken in May 1944 whilst Beetham was serving on No. 50 Squadron RAF.
(c) Photo:Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0
Photo Air Marshal Stephen Hillier
This image is a digitized photograph of Hugh Trenchard. Trenchard is shown in the uniform of the Royal Flying Corps which means that it was taken before 1 April 1918. The image was taken from http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/line1780.html which bore the copyright notice: Crown Copyright 2003 and © Deltaweb International Ltd 2003. Deltaweb International Ltd's web site (http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/) states that they first formed in 1993, some 75 years or more after this photograph was taken, and so the extent of their copyright claim cannot cover this photograph; it presumably relates to the design of the page in which this photograph sat. Therefore this photograph is now in the public domain.
(c) Photo: SAC Ben Lees/MOD, OGL v1.0
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE ADC RAF was appointed Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on 31st July 2013.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot in 1977 and after flying training, joined No 72 Squadron, flying Wessex helicopters, beginning an association with the Support Helicopter Force which would last 25 years. During his flying career he accumulated over 5000 hours on both Wessex and Chinook helicopters, serving primarily in Germany with No 18 Squadron but including exchange tours with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. He has commanded in every rank and has seen operational service in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, Lebanon, the Balkans and the Gulf.
Sir Andrew’s staff appointments have included command of the Support Helicopter Tactics and Trials Flight, a short spell in Headquarters Northern Ireland as the Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps Operational Requirements desk officer, a tour in the British Army’s doctrine organisation and two years as Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin (left), poses for a photograph with Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Peter Harding during his visit at the Pentagon on Feb. 3, 1993