Jason Appleton

Air Vice Marshal Jason Appleton is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Jason Appleton
Appleton in 2024
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	No. 2 Group RAF (2024–) RAF Shawbury (2015–17) No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron (2010–13)
Battles / wars	Operation Banner Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service

Military career

Appleton was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in January 1991. After qualifying as a navigator, he became officer commanding No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron.^[1] He went on to be station commander at RAF Shawbury in August 2015, Assistant Head Commitments, Joint Helicopter Command in May 2017^[2] and Deputy Chief of Staff, Support at Allied Air Command in July 2019. After that he was appointed Transformation Programme Director at RAF Air Command in September 2022 and Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF in March 2024.^[3][4]