Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
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The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment (CG RAF Regt) is the Royal Air Force
commander of the RAF Regiment
. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment. The first two holders of the post were major-generals
in the British Army
. From 1948 onward, the Commandant-General has been an RAF officer of air rank
. These officers all held the rank of air vice-marshal
until 1993 when the post was downgraded to air commodore
. The current incumbent is Air Commodore R W La Forte.
The details of some commandants-general in the 1990s and 2000s are missing
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...
commander of the RAF Regiment
RAF Regiment
The Royal Air Force Regiment is a specialist airfield defence corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942. After a 32 week trainee gunner course, its members are trained and equipped to prevent a successful enemy attack in the first instance; minimise the damage caused by a successful attack; and...
. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment. The first two holders of the post were major-generals
Major-General (United Kingdom)
Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. From 1948 onward, the Commandant-General has been an RAF officer of air rank
Air Officer
An air officer is a Royal Air Force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher. Such officers may be termed "officers of air rank". The term is also used by many Commonwealth nations who have a similar rank structure to the RAF....
. These officers all held the rank of air vice-marshal
Air Vice-Marshal
Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
until 1993 when the post was downgraded to air commodore
Air Commodore
Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
. The current incumbent is Air Commodore R W La Forte.
Commandants-general
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Claude Liardet Major-General Sir Claude Francis Liardet KBE CB DSO DL was a British Army artillery officer during World War I. During World War II, he commanded the 1st London Division which was re-designated the 56th Infantry Division in 1940.... |
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Harold Lydford Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford KBE, CB, AFC was a World War I pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II and the post-war decade.-RAF career:... |
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Stephen Strafford Air Marshal Stephen Charles Strafford CB, CBE, DFC, RAF was a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II and the following years.-RAF career:... |
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Francis Mellersh (RAF officer) Air Vice Marshal Sir Francis John Williamson Mellersh KBE, AFC, RAF was a World War I pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service credited with five aerial victories, and a senior Royal Air Force commander during World War II... |
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Bernard Chacksfield Air Vice Marshal Sir Bernard Albert Chacksfield KBE CB RAF was a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1950s and 1960s and later a chief commissioner of the The Scout Association and chairman of the Burma Star Association.Chacksfield joined the Royal Air Force in 1927 as an apprentice aircraft... |
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John F. G. Howe Air Vice Marshal John Frederick George Howe CB CBE AFC RAF was a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1970s and 1980s, flying combat missions in the Korean War and North Sea interceptor air patrols during the Cold War and finishing his distinguished career as the Commandant General RAF Regiment... |
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Tim Thorn Air Commodore Timothy Gane Thorn AFC FRAeS, often known as Tim Thorn and nicknamed "Tiger", is a retired member of the Royal Air Force and up to January 2010 was a pilot and flying instructor at 6 Air Experience Flight at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire.... |
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Steven Abbott Air Commodore Steven Abbott CBE is a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Downing College, Cambridge... |
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