Royal Air Force Personnel of the Gulf War - Glenn Torpy, Pablo Mason, Richard Johns, Simon Falla, Cliff Spink, Andrew Wilson, John Nichol (Paperback)

Chapters: Glenn Torpy, Pablo Mason, Richard Johns, Simon Falla, Cliff Spink, Andrew Wilson, John Nichol, Richard Garwood, John Peters, Bill Wratten, Patrick Hine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Lester Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC (born 27 July 1953, Ely) is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a fast jet pilot in the late 1970s and 1980s, a senior officer in the early 1990s and a senior commander in the late 1990s and 2000s. He served as Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the RAF, from 2006 to 2009. Torpy joined the Royal Air Force as a Pilot Officer on 8 September 1974 after obtaining a BSc degree in Aeronautical engineering from Imperial College London. His early career, after he left the RAF College Cranwell, involved flying duties on Jaguar aircraft before qualifying as a weapons instructor on Hawk aircraft. His early commands included a tour as a Squadron Commander on Tornado aircraft before being appointed Officer Commanding No. 13 Squadron. During the Gulf War, Torpy saw active service with No. 13 Squadron and was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). In 1995, following several staff office appointments, Torpy was appointed Station Commander at RAF Bruggen in Germany. He was then appointed Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood. From 2001 to 2003 he was Air Officer Commanding Number One Group and he also served as the Air Component Commander on Operation Telic (British operations in Iraq). From 2003 to 2004 he was Deputy Commander-in-chief at RAF Strike Command. On 26 July 2004 he was appointed Chief of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood. Torpy was made a Commander of the Order of the Bri...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=363803