Air Officer Scotland
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Air Officer Scotland is the senior Royal Air Force
Officer holding the command appointment of a Scottish
air station.
Presently, Air Officer Scotland is held by the Station Commander, RAF Leuchars
who is currently Air Commodore
R J Atkinson
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
Officer holding the command appointment of a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
air station.
Presently, Air Officer Scotland is held by the Station Commander, RAF Leuchars
RAF Leuchars
RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. It is located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the university town of St Andrews.-Operations:...
who is currently Air Commodore
Air Commodore
Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
R J Atkinson
R J Atkinson
Air Commodore R. J. Atkinson, ADC, known as Harry Atkinson, is a senior serving Royal Air Force officer and currently Air Officer Scotland and Station Commander RAF Leuchars succeeding Air Commodore Clive Bairsto on the 13th March 2009....
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Air Officers Scotland
List Incomplete- 2001 Air Commodore M J Routledge
- 2004 Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
S BryantSimon BryantAir Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant KCB CBE is a Royal Air Force officer, currently serving as Commander-in-Chief of Air Command, and the second-most senior officer in the service... - 2006 Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
J Stinton - March 2007 Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
C A BairstoClive BairstoAir Commodore Clive Arthur Bairsto CBE is a Royal Air Force officer and former Air Officer Scotland and Station Commander RAF Leuchars. He was replaced by Air Commodore R J Atkinson on 13 March 2009 and took the post of Head of International Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Defence on 23... - 13 March 2009 - 12 September 2011 Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
R J AtkinsonR J AtkinsonAir Commodore R. J. Atkinson, ADC, known as Harry Atkinson, is a senior serving Royal Air Force officer and currently Air Officer Scotland and Station Commander RAF Leuchars succeeding Air Commodore Clive Bairsto on the 13th March 2009.... - 12 September 2011 - Present Air CommodoreAir CommodoreAir commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
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