Michael Wigston
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Michael Wigston
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1986 - |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands held | No. 12 Squadron RAF British Forces Cyprus |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
Air Vice Marshal Michael Wigston CBE (born 25 February 1968) is a Royal Air Force officer who serves as Commander of British Forces Cyprus.
RAF career
Educated at Friars School, Bangor, Oriel College, Oxford (MA, 1992) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2004),[1] Wigston joined the Royal Air Force in 1986.[2] After serving as officer commanding No. 12 Squadron RAF, he became commander of No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing in Afghanistan in 2008.[3] He went on to be Director of Air Operations at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Afghanistan in 2011, Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 2012 and Commander British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ ‘WIGSTON, Air Vice-Marshal Michael’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
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| Preceded by | Commander British Forces Cyprus 2015– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
