Allegiance United Kingdom | Name Anthony Skingsley Years of service 1955–1992 Rank Air chief marshal | |
Commands held RAF LaarbruchRAF Staff College, BracknellRAF Germany Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath | ||
Education St Bartholomew's School | ||
Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, (born 19 October 1933) is a former senior Royal Air Force commander.
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RAF career
Educated at St Bartholomew's School in Newbury and the University of Cambridge, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955. He became Station Commander at RAF Laarbruch in 1974, Assistant Chief of Staff (Offensive Operations) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1977 and Director of Air Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1979. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at SHAPE in 1980, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1983 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1985. He was then Air Member for Personnel from 1986, Commander-in-Chief of RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force from 1987 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief AFCENT from 1989 before retiring in 1992.
Family
In 1957 he married Lilwen Dixon; they have two sons and one daughter.