Graeme Robertson (RAF officer)

Graeme Robertson
Graeme Robertson
Born	22 February 1945 (age 79)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1966–98
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands	No. 2 Group (1993–94); RAF Wattisham (1985–87); No. 23 Squadron (1984–85); No. 92 Squadron (1982–84)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Air Marshal Graeme Alan Robertson, CBE (born 22 February 1945) is a former Royal Air Force commander who after retirement worked for BAE Systems.

RAF career

Robertson joined the Royal Air Force in 1966.^[1] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 92 Squadron flying Phantoms in Germany in 1982 and then Officer Commanding No. 23 Squadron flying Phantoms over the Falkland Islands in 1984.^[2] He was then made Station Commander at RAF Wattisham in 1985, Director of Air Staff Briefing and Co-ordination at the Ministry of Defence in 1987 and Director of Defence Programmes at the Ministry of Defence in 1990.^[2]

He went on to be Deputy Commander of RAF Germany in 1991, Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in 1993 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Programmes) at the Ministry of Defence in 1994 before taking up his last appointment as Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief at Strike Command in 1996; he retired in 1998.^[2]

Other roles

He became an advisor to BAE Systems in March 1999^[3] and is author of a paper entitled "Developments in UK Aviation" published in 2003.^[4]

He served as Clerk to the Honourable Company of Gloucestershire from 2013 to 2018.^[5]

References

^ "No. 44110". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 September 1966. p. 9965.
^ ^a ^b ^c Debrett's People of Today
^ "Who calls the shots? p. 18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^ "Developments in UK Aviation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^ "The Company Description". The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

Military offices
Recreated Title last held by Sydney Ubee in 1958	Air Office Commanding No. 2 Group 1994–1995	Succeeded by Roderick Goodall
Preceded by Sir John Allison	Deputy Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 1996–1998	Succeeded by Sir Timothy Jenner

[1] "No. 44110". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 September 1966. p. 9965.

[debrett-2] Debrett's People of Today

[3] "Who calls the shots? p. 18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

[4] "Developments in UK Aviation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

[5] "The Company Description". The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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