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词条 Gerry Mayhew
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Military career

  3. References

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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = Royal Air Force
| serviceyears = 1988 –
| rank = Air Vice Marshal
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Air Vice Marshal Gerard Michael David "Gerry" Mayhew, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 15 February 1969) is a senior Royal Air force officer. Since August 2018, he has served as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.

Early life and education

Mayhew was born on 15 February 1969 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. He was educated at St Benedict's Catholic High School, a voluntary aided Catholic school in Alcester, Warwickshire, and at Alcester Grammar School, a grammar school in Alcester.[1]

Military career

Mayhew was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 28 July 1988 as an acting pilot officer.[2] He served as an air traffic control officer from 1988 to 1990.[1] In 1990, he trained as a pilot and became a Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI).[1] His early career as a pilot was spent flying the Jaguar and Tornado, and he has more than 3000 flying hours.[3] From 2007 to 2009, he served as Officer Commanding No. 13 Squadron RAF.[1]

In January 2013, Mayhew was appointed Air Officer Scotland and Officer Commanding RAF Leuchars.[3] One of his main duties was to oversee the transfer of Leuchars, then an RAF station, to the British Army as a barracks; this was finalised in March 2015. He stepped down as Air Officer Scotland on 17 November 2014.[4] From April 2015 to April 2016, he was a member of the Strategic Defence and Security Review Team in the Cabinet Office.[5] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6] On 28 April 2016 was promoted to air vice marshal and appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group.[7] In August 2018, he succeeded Michael Wigston as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.[8]

References

1. ^'MAYHEW, Air Vice-Marshal Gerard Michael David', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 7 Nov 2017
2. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 51524 |date= 7 November 1988 |page= 12505 |supp= y }}
3. ^{{cite news|title=RAF Leuchars commander to oversee handover to army|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/87939/raf-leuchars-commander-to-oversee-handover-to-army/|accessdate=29 April 2016|work=The Courier|date=12 February 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=4 November 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=4 March 2015}}
6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=61256 |date=13 June 2015 |page=B7 |supp=y }}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=20 April 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/ |website=raf.mod.uk |publisher=Royal Air Force |accessdate=29 August 2018 |date=15 March 2018}}
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