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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Service/branch
  

Name
  
Philip Sturley

Years of service
  
1972–2005

Rank
  
Air marshal

Philip Sturley Philip Sturley in The Princess Royal Unvelis The RAF Remembrance


Born
  
9 July 1950 (age 74) (
1950-07-09
)

Commands held
  
RAF CottesmoreNo. 38 Group

Awards
  
Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire

Air Marshal Philip Oliver Sturley, (born 9 July 1950) is a former senior commander in the Royal Air Force.

Flying career

Educated at St Ignatius' College in London and Southampton University, Sturley was commissioned in the Royal Air Force in 1972. He became Director of Air Staff Briefing and Co-ordination at the Ministry of Defence in 1990, Station Commander at RAF Cottesmore in 1992 and Secretary to the Military Committee at NATO Headquarters in 1994. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group in 1998, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 2000 and Chief of Staff to the Air North Commander in 2003 before retiring in 2005.

He served as President of the Royal Air Forces Association from May 2005 to May 2011.

References

Philip Sturley Wikipedia


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