Jock Stirrup
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, informally known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal Air Force commander who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until
Official portrait, 2020
Jaguar, a type flown by Stirrup in the 1970s
Stirrup (left) with General Fraser in 2005.
Stirrup with US General Peter Pace in 2006.
Field Marshal David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the Bri
Jock Stirrup
…had finally now got a properly resourced plan to achieve the strategic aim. On 14 July 2010, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox announced that General Sir David Richards, the then Chief of the General Staff, would succeed Stirrup as Chief of the Defence Staff in October 2010. Richards took over on 29 October 2010 and…
Richards in 2022
General Sir David Richards (right) during his tenure as ISAF commander, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2007
General Sir David Richards and Tom Tugendhat with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in 2013