Allan_Marshall_(RAF_officer)

Allan Marshall (RAF officer)

Allan Marshall (RAF officer)

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal

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

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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] On 22 November 2021, Marshall took up the post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments) in succession to Major General Charles Stickland.[7] He was promoted to air marshal on 8 March 2024,[8] as he was appointed as Air and Space Commander, succeeding Harvey Smyth.[9]

Marshall was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours.[10]

Personal life

Marshall is married to Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall, and together they have two children.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Previous Visiting Fellows". Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "No. 52707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1991. p. 16859.
  3. [3]
    "RAF Waddington welcomes new station commander". 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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    "Buckingham Palace". Court Circular. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Senior appointment". RAF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Senior RAF Commanders" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Senior Appointments: 2021". Royal Air Force. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  8. [8]
    "No. 64341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 2024. p. 5003.
  9. [9]
    "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.
  10. [10]
    "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 6.
  11. [11]
    "No 2 Group: Air Officer Commanding". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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