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