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Michael Alcock

Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1936-present) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert James Michael Alcock (born 11 July 1936)[1] usually referred to as Sir Michael Alcock, is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and an aerospace consultant.

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RAF career

Educated at Victoria College, Jersey,[2] Alcock was commissioned in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force in 1959.[3]

By the time of the Gulf War, Alcock was air officer engineering at Headquarters Strike Command.[3] He was appointed the RAF's chief engineer in 1991,[4] and promoted to air chief marshal in 1993.[5] The following year Alcock graduated from Cranfield University[6] before being appointed air officer commanding-in-chief the newly established Logistics Command on 1 April 1994. The role also carried with it a seat on the Air Force Board as the air member for logistics and Alcock became the first non-aircrew officer to sit on the Air Force Board.[3] Additionally, Alcock continued to be designated as the RAF's Chief Engineer.[7] Alcock was succeeded by Sir John Allison on 8 March 1996.[8] He retired from the RAF on 25 June 1996,[9] and subsequently worked as an aerospace consultant.[10]

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