The Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF) is the senior warrant officer of the Royal Air Force. The person holding this appointment advises the Chief of the Air Staff on matters concerning airmen and airwoman of the RAF.[1] The post was created in 1998.[2]In July 2021, the title changed from Chief of the Air Staff’s Warrant Officer to Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force.[3]
List Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force[]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Chief of the Air Staff | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
|
Greg Dutton MBE BEM | May 1996 | January 1998 | 1 year, 8 months | Sir Michael Graydon | |
| 2 |
|
Jim Andrews MBE BEM | January 1998 | January 2000 | 2 years | Sir Richard Johns | |
| 3 |
|
René Michael Stuart MBE | January 2000 | May 2003 | 3 years, 4 months | Sir Richard Johns Sir Peter Squire |
|
| 4 |
|
Robert 'Bob' Loughlin MBE | May 2003 | November 2006 | 3 years, 6 months | Sir Jock Stirrup | [4] |
| 5 | 
|
Lyndsay Morgan MBE | November 2006 | July 2009 | 2 years, 8 months | Sir Glenn Torpy | [5] |
| 6 |
|
Gary Wilcox MBE | July 2009 | February 2012 | 2 years, 7 months | Sir Stephen Dalton | [5] |
| 7 |
|
Graeme Spark MBE | February 2012 | October 2014 | 2 years, 8 months | Sir Stephen Dalton Sir Andrew Pulford |
[6] |
| 8 | 
|
Clive Martland MBE (born 1968) |
October 2014 | October 2016 | 2 years | Sir Andrew Pulford Sir Stephen Hillier |
[7] |
| 9 | 
|
Jon Crossley | October 2016 | October 2019 | 3 years | Sir Stephen Hillier Michael Wigston |
[7] |
| 10 | 
|
Jake Alpert MBE | October 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years | Michael Wigston | [7][8] |
The Royal Navy equivalent is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service (WONS),[9] and in the Royal Marines the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major. The British Army's recent equivalent is the Army Sergeant Major.[10]
See also[]
- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force — United States Air Force (USAF) equivalent
- Sergeant Major of the Air Force — South African Air Force (SAAF) equivalent
- Warrant Officer of the Air Force — Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) equivalent
References[]
- ↑ "Welsh Warrant Officer steps down from top job". 2009. http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=BC56E1FE-5056-A318-A8966D4D5CC2681E&rss=true.
- ↑ "RAF Halton Hosts the Chief of the Air Staff’s Conference for Warrant Officers". RAF Halton. 2010. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafhalton/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=B250D962-5056-A318-A84A5D69B4B244C5. Retrieved 3 November 2010. "The conference has taken place annually for the last 12 years, since the post of Chief of the Air Staff’s Warrant Officer (CASWO) was created."[dead link]
- ↑ "Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force". RAF Families Federation. 1 July 2021. https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/warrant-officer-of-the-royal-air-force/. "From 1 July 2021, the title of the Royal Air Force Senior Warrant Officer will change from Chief of the Air Staff’s Warrant Officer to Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force."
- ↑ "Bob's proud to protect the crown jewels". IpswichStar.co.uk. 4 September 2007. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/bob_s_proud_to_protect_the_crown_jewels_1_116123.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedLyndsayMorgan - ↑ "Airing issues with the boss". Navy News. 1 June 2013. p. 37. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/images/navynews/archivepdfs/2010s/2013/navy-news-june-2013-issue-707.pdf.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRAF CASWO - ↑ ChiefofAirStaff (5 October 2019). "Thank you WO Jon Crossley. A brilliant 3 years as Chief of the Air Staff’s Warrant Officer. Welcome WO Jake Alpert". https://twitter.com/ChiefofAirStaff/status/1180179485519429632.
- ↑ "Warrant Officer in a class of his own". Royal Navy website. RoyalNavy.mod.uk. 24 April 2013. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/April/24/130424-Warrant-Officer-First-Class-in-a-class-of-his-own.
- ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/48536/cgs-outlines-new-british-army-senior-posts-amid-culling-of-generals
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