Marshal of the Royal Air Force is the highest rank in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Trenchard.
King George V in the uniform of a Marshal of the RAF (Ex officio)
Sir Hugh Trenchard
Sir John Salmond in 1925
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
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
…rank in recognition of his support for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as head of the armed forces (commander-in-chief), while in 2014 Lord Stirrup, who had served as Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff for over seven years, was also promoted. Marshal of the Royal Air Force is a…
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.