Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) is the senior warrant officer (WO), and therefore the most senior non-commissioned position in the Royal Air Force (RAF).[1] The person holding this military appointment advises the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on matters concerning airmen and airwoman of the RAF.[1][2] The post was created in 1998.[1][3]

List of Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officers

Warrant officer years Chief of the Air Staff
WO Greg Dutton MBE BEM
WO Robert 'Bob' Loughlin MBE [4] –2006 Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup
WO Lyndsay Morgan MBE [2] Nov 2006–July 2009 Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy
WO Gary Wilcox[2] July 2009–2012 Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
WO Graeme Spark 2012–2014 Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford
WO Clive Martland MBE [1] 2014–present Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford

The Royal Navy equivalent is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service (WONS),[5] and in the Royal Marines the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major. The British Army's recent equivalent is the Army Sergeant Major.[6]

See also

References

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  6. http://www.janes.com/article/48536/cgs-outlines-new-british-army-senior-posts-amid-culling-of-generals