Former Chiefs of the Air Force

Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO

Chief of the Air Staff
October 1922 - December 1922
February 1925 - December 1932
June 1934 - February 1939

Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Goble CBE DSO DSC Croix de Guerre (France)

Chief of the Air Staff
December 1922 - February 1925
December 1932 - June 1934
February 1939 - January 1940

Air Commodore William Anderson CBE DFC Croix de Guerre (Belgium)

Chief of the Air Staff
January 1940 - February 1940

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett KCB CBE DSO (RAF)

Chief of the Air Staff
February 1940 - May 1942

Air Marshal Sir George Jones KBE CB DFC

Chief of the Air Staff
May 1942 - January 1952

Air Chief Marshal Sir James (Donald) Hardman GBE KCB DFC (RAF)

Chief of the Air Staff
January 1952 - January 1954

Air Marshal Sir John McCauley KBE CB

Chief of the Air Staff
January 1954 - March 1957

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger KBE CB DSO AFC

Chief of the Air Staff
March 1957 - May 1961

Air Marshal Sir Valston Hancock KBE CB DFC

Chief of the Air Staff
May 1961 - May 1965

Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch KBE CB

Chief of the Air Staff
June 1965 - January 1970

Air Marshal Sir Colin Hannah KCMG KCVO KBE CB

Chief of the Air Staff
January 1970 - March 1972

Air Marshal Sir Charles Read KBE CB DFC AFC

Chief of the Air Staff
March 1972 - March 1975

Air Marshal Sir James Rowland AC KBE DFC AFC KStJ

Chief of the Air Staff
March 1975 - March 1979

Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara KBE AO AFC AE

Chief of the Air Staff
March 1979 - April 1982

Air Marshal Selwyn Evans AC DSO AFC

Chief of the Air Staff
April 1982 - May 1985

Air Marshal John (Jake) Newham AC

Chief of the Air Staff
May 1985 - July 1987

Air Marshal Raymond Funnell AC

Chief of the Air Staff
July 1987 - October 1992

Air Marshal Ian (Barry) Gration AO AFC

Chief of the Air Staff
October 1992 - November 1994

Air Marshal Leslie Fisher AO

Chief of the Air Staff
November 1994 - February 1997
Chief of Air Force
February 1997 - May 1998

Air Marshal Errol McCormack AO

Chief of the Air Force
May 1998 - June 2001

Air Marshal Angus Houston AO AFC

Chief of the Air Force
June 2001 - July 2005

Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, AO

Chief of the Air Force
August 2005 - July 2008

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, AO

Chief of the Air Force
July 2008 - July 2011

Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO

Chief of the Air Force
July 2011 - July 2015

Air Marshal Leo Davies, AO, CSC

Chief of the Air Force
July 2015 - July 2019