Tom Burke (RAF officer)
Tom Burke | |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1992–present[1] |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
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| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Vice-Marshal Thomas James Patrick Burke, CBE is a British pilot and senior Royal Air Force officer, who since August 2023 has been Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF.[2]
Burke was station commander of RAF Waddington from November 2017 to December 2019.[3][4] He was promoted air commodore on 6 January 2020 upon appointment as assistant chief of staff operations,[5] serving as such until he was appointed director of the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in December 2022.[6] He was promoted to air vice-marshal on 25 August 2023, as he took the command of the No. 11 Group RAF.[7]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "No 11 Group: Air Officer Commanding". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "RAF Waddington: Commander". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "RAF Waddington: Commander". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "No. 62915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 2020. p. 2447.
- ^ "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "No. 64194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2023. p. 20248.
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N7.