Allegiance United Kingdom Years of service 1986 - | Battles/wars War in Afghanistan Rank Air vice-marshal Name Michael Wigston | |
Commands held No. 12 Squadron RAFBritish Forces Cyprus | ||
Battles and wars War in Afghanistan | ||
Air Vice Marshal Michael Wigston, (born 25 February 1968) is a Royal Air Force officer and the current Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
RAF career
Educated at Friars School, Bangor, Oriel College, Oxford (MA, 1992) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2004), Wigston joined the Royal Air Force in 1986. After serving as officer commanding No. 12 Squadron, he became commander of No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing in Afghanistan in 2008. He went on to be Director of Air Operations at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Afghanistan in 2011, Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 2012 and Commander British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 2015. He became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in January 2017.