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The Chief of the Air Command is the topmost authority in the Royal Danish Air Force. It can trace its history back to the creation of the Chief for the Naval Air Service, in 1913. The current chief of the Air Force is Major general Jan Dam.[1]
Chief of the Air Command | |
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Chef for Flyverkommandoen | |
Royal Danish Air Force | |
Member of | Defence Command of Denmark |
Reports to | Chief of Defence |
Term length | No fixed length |
Precursor | Chief of the Tactical Air Command |
Formation | February 1913 (historical) 1 October 2014 (current) |
Website | Official Website |
On 14 December 1911, the Naval Air Service was established. On 25 March 1912, the Royal Danish Navy received its first airplane the Kite, in 1913 the first chief was named.[2] In 1912, the Army Air Corps was established. The first chief was named in 1917. Following the destruction of the air forces during World War II, it was decided that the two forces should be collected under one force. From 1947 till the creation of the RDAF, Torben Ørum served as Combined Army and Naval Air Corps Chief. In 1950, the Air Command and the position of Chief of the Air Force was created. With the creation of the Defence Staff and Chief of Defence, in 1970, the Chief of the Air Force was subjugated to the CoD.[3] In 1982, the title of Chief of the Air Force was changed to become Inspector of the Air Force.[4] Following the 1988 Defence Commission, it was decided that the Air Staff and the positions of Inspector would be removed and then create the Tactical Air Command.[5][6] Following the Danish Defence Agreement 2013–17, the Tactical Air Command was disbanded and reorganised into the Air Staff. On 1 January 2019, as part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23, the Danish name was changed Air Command.[7]
Naval Air Service (1913–1947)
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Army Aviation Troops (1917–1947)
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No. | Picture | Chief of the Air Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Christian Førslev (1891–1959) | Lieutenant general1 October 1950 | 31 October 1955 | 5 years, 30 days | [19] | |
2 | Tage Andersen (1899–1965) | Lieutenant general1 November 1955 | 15 June 1959 | 3 years, 226 days | [20] | |
3 | Kurt Ramberg (1908–1997) | Lieutenant general15 June 1959 | 30 September 1962 | 3 years, 107 days | [21] | |
4 | H. J. Pagh | Lieutenant general1 October 1962 | 31 December 1969 | 7 years, 91 days | – |
No. | Picture | Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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Chief of the Air Force | ||||||
1 | Niels Holst-Sørensen (born 1922) | Major general1 January 1970 | 26 May 1982 | 12 years | [22] | |
Inspector of the Air Force | ||||||
2 | P. Thorsen | Major general26 May 1982 | 1984 | 1–2 years | – | |
3 | Bent Vilhelm Larsens (1930–2014) | Major general1984 | 1990 | 5–6 years | [23] |
No. | Picture | Chief of Tactical Air Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Ole Fogh (born 1934) | Major general1990 | 1994 | 3–4 years | [24] | |
2 | Laurits Tophøj (born 1940) | Major general1994 | 1997 | 2–3 years | [25] | |
3 | Kurt Ebbe Rosgaard (born 1946) | Major general1997 | 2000 | 2–3 years | [26] | |
4 | Leif Simonsen (born 1945) | Major general2000 | 2005 | 4–5 years | [27] | |
5 | Stig Østergaard Nielsen (born 1954) | Major general2005 | 2009 | 3–4 years | [28] | |
6 | Henrik Røboe Dam | Major general2009 | 30 September 2014 | 4–5 years | [29] |
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