air vice-marshal


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air vice-marshal

n
1. (Military) a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a rear admiral in the Royal Navy
2. (Military) a Royal Australian Air Force officer of the second highest rank
3. (Military) a Royal New Zealand Air Force officer of the highest rank
Abbreviation: AVM
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The exhibition illustrates both his achievements whilst at school and then his considerable career with the RAF, which culminated in him becoming Air Vice-Marshal in 1965.
Air Vice-Marshal Gray said: "It is an immense privilege to have served my country for the last 28 years in the RAF and I am delighted to continue to do this in my new role as director of combat air.
Replying to question on fog being an hindrance to the IAF's fly past on Republic Day parade, Air Vice-Marshal Matheswaran said: "If weather permits then only we can go ahead with the fly past on the Republic Day."
In a letter marking Mr Jones' retirement, Air Vice-Marshal Harper wrote: "With an intuitive feel for your role as a helicopter crewman, and al ways working to the highest possible standards, you earned a deserved reputation as a consummate professional aviator."
Air Vice-Marshal David Walker put forward the last-ditch scenario at a conference for air crews.
Air Vice-Marshal David Walker told a meeting of crews: "Would you think it unreasonable if I ordered you to fly your aircraft into the ground to destroy a vehicle carrying a Taliban or al-Qaeda commander?"
Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, the former Chair of the campaigning group Freedom to Fly, and Air Vice-Marshal Andrew White, before retirement responsible for managing all military air traffic control.
Much of it was fulfilled as he advanced in the RAF from being World War II pilot, through various legal positions, until he was appointed an Air Vice-Marshal.
* Air Vice-Marshal KJ Leeson, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Logistics Operations)
Air Vice-Marshal Glenn Torpy - on a visit to an air base in the Gulf - insisted that Britain's superior precision-bombing technology would help avoid blitzing ordinary men, women and children in their homes.
Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar and Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Irfan Ahmad were the guests of honour at the closing ceremony.