This is a list of serving senior officers in the Royal Air Force. It includes currently serving air chief marshals, air marshals, air vice-marshals, and air commodores.
Air Chief Marshals Name Photo Appointment Branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Sir Richard John Knighton Chief of the Defence Staff Engineer 2 June 2023 Sir Harvey Smyth Chief of the Air Staff Flying KCB, OBE, DFC, ADC 29 August 2025 Sir John Jackson Stringer Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Flying KCB, CBE 5 March 2026
Air Marshals Name Photo Appointment Branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Sean Keith Paul Reynolds Air Officer, Northern Ireland Royal Air Force Reserve CB, CBE, DFC 9 May 2016 Clare Samantha Walton Director General, Defence Medical Services RAF Medical Services CB, KHP 3 July 2023 Sir Paul Harron Lloyd Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air CommandAir Member for Personnel, Air Force Board Engineer KBE 18 September 2023 Allan Paul Marshall Chief of Joint Operations Flying OBE 8 March 2024 Paul Alexander Godfrey Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships, United States Space Force Flying CB, OBE 15 June 2024 Alan K. Gillespie Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority Flying CBE 29 November 2024 Timothy Telfer Jones Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Force Development CBE 1 September 2025 Suraya Antonia Marshall Deputy Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Flying CBE 28 November 2025 Mark Robert Flewin Air and Space Commander Flying CBE 30 July 2026
Air Vice-Marshals Name Photo Appointment Branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Margaret Elaine West Service Complaints Panel Member Royal Air Force Reserve CBE 1 August 2013 Tamara Nancy Jennings Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies RAF Legal Branch CB, OBE 29 September 2018 Ranald Torquil Ian Munro to retire transferred from British Army CB, CBE, TD, VR, ADC, DL 23 September 2019 Alastair Peter Thomas Smith Flying CB 31 August 2020 Simon Scott Edwards Air Secretary Director of People, Air Command Flying CB 17 May 2021 Timothy David Neal-Hopes Commander, National Cyber Force Engineer CB, OBE 9 August 2021 Philip Jeremy Robinson Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters Flying CBE, DFC** 6 December 2021 Mark William James Chappell Flying CB 5 January 2021 David Scott Arthurton Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation, Defence Digital Flying CB, OBE 13 May 2022 Peter James Murray Squires Director, Military Aviation Authority Flying OBE, ADC 1 September 2022 Giles Leslie Legood Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch MBE, KHC 5 August 2022 Ian Jon Townsend Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Flying CBE 22 May 2023 David Cyril McLoughlin RAF Medical Services CBE 5 June 2023 Jeremy John Attridge Director, Saudi Armed Forces Project Flying CB, OBE 20 June 2023 Thomas James Patrick Burke Vice Director United States European Command Flying 25 August 2023 Shaun Harris Director of Typhoon Exports Engineer CBE 27 September 2023 Jason Lee Appleton Flying 29 February 2024 James Anthony Beck Director of Capability and Programmes, Air Command OBE 2 April 2024 Thomas Ashbridge Director of Operations, Defence Digital 19 July 2024 Richard Hill Service Complaints Panel Member Royal Auxiliary Air Force CBE 25 July 2024 Mark Phelps Director of Legal Services, Air Command Legal Services OBE 27 September 2024 Mark K. Ridgway Director of Defence Futures, Strategic Command 28 October 2024 Adrian Stewart Burns Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (People Capability) Personnel CBE 25 November 2024 Simon Robert Strasdin Air Officer Commanding, No. 1 Group CBE 27 November 2024 Mark Hunt Deputy Director-General, Defence Safety AuthorityDirector (Technical), Military Aviation Authority Engineer OBE 19 December 2024 Paul Michael Rose Director Support and Chief Engineer MBE 21 March 2025 Mark George Jackson Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) OBE 28 March 2025 Ola A. Fashade Director Strategy and Military Digitalisation Defence Digital 30 May 2025 Martin Christopher Lowe Director Air Fixed Wing, Defence Equipment and Support 5 September 2025 Stephen Paul Kilvington Air Officer Commanding, No. 11 Group CBE 28 September 2025 Andrew Timothy Martin Director Integrated Air and Missile Defence Directorate Flying CBE 27 October 2025 Ian James Sharrocks Air Officer Commanding, No. 22 Group CBE 12 November 2025 Christopher Anthony Mullen UK Defence Attaché to the USAHead of the British Defence Staff, United States 16 January 2026 Angela Marjorie Baker Director Joint Support, National Armaments Directorate 13 February 2026 Lee Turner Commander, Joint Aviation Command 23 March 2026 Anthony John Lyle Air Officer Commanding, No. 2 Group ADC March 2026 Mark John Farrell Director of Ukrainian Capabilities, Ministry of Defence April 2026 Darren Richard Ellison Director Defence Healthcare, Defence Medical Services Medical 5 May 2026 Martin G. Brockie Assistant Commander, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command 13 May 2026 Adam M. Bone Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group 22 May 2026 James William Stephen Thompson Commander, United Kingdom Space Command CBE 1 June 2026 Richard James Yates Director Group Operations, National Armaments Directorate, Ministry of Defence MBE 31 July 2026
Acting Name Photo Appointment Branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Christopher D. Snaith Head of Design and Build, Strategic Command OBE 15 February 2021
Air Commodores