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|name= Sir Andrew Pulford |image= Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford MOD 45155744.jpg |caption= Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford c.2013 |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1958|3|22|df=yes}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1977–2016 |rank= Air Chief Marshal |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= Chief of the Air Staff (2013–16) Air Member for Personnel (2010–13) No. 2 Group (2007–08) RAF Odiham (2001–03) No. 18 Squadron (1996–98) |battles= Falklands War Operation Banner Iraq War
|awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Douglas Pulford, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|GCB|CBE|ADC}} (born 22 March 1958)[1] is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander. A helicopter pilot with operational service in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and Iraq War, Pulford commanded RAF Odiham and No. 2 Group, and served as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff Operations, before taking up the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel at Air Command and Air Member for Personnel in 2010. He became Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on 31 July 2013, retiring from the Royal Air Force on 12 July 2016. Early lifeBorn the son of Douglas and Jean Pulford, Pulford was educated at Magnus Grammar School in Newark.[1] Service careerPulford joined the Royal Air Force as an acting pilot officer in January 1977,[2][3] joining No. 72 Squadron,[4] before spending many of his 5,000 flying hours piloting Chinooks with No. 18 Squadron from RAF Odiham.[3][5] He was regraded to pilot officer in January 1978,[6] and then promoted to flying officer in January 1979,[7] and flight lieutenant in July 1981;[8] seeing service in the Falklands War[3] with C Flight on board RFA Tidespring, while on exchange service with the Royal Navy in 1982.[1] He had an exchange tour with the Royal Australian Air Force between 1985 and 1987.[1] Promoted squadron leader in January 1987,[9] and to wing commander in January 1994,[10] he became Officer Commanding No. 18 Squadron in 1996, and Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff in 1999.[1] Promoted to group captain in January 2000,[11] he took the Higher Command and Staff Course at Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, in 2001, before becoming Station Commander at RAF Odiham in December 2001 and being deployed as Commander Joint Helicopter Force Headquarters for Operation Telic in Iraq.[12] Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queens Birthday Honours 2004,[13] he was made Director Air Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in August 2004 and, after being promoted to air commodore in January 2005,[14] he became Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group[15] with the rank of air vice marshal in February 2007.[16] Pulford then served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) from September 2008,[17] until his appointment as Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Personnel) at Air Command and Air Member for Personnel, based at RAF High Wycombe,[3] with the rank of air marshal in September 2010.[18] Pulford was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2013 New Year Honours.[3][19] He was also promoted to air chief marshal on taking up the appointment of Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) in July 2013,[3][20] the first helicopter pilot ever to be professional head of the Royal Air Force.[3][21] As of 2015, Pulford was paid a salary of between £175,000 and £179,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[22] He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[23] Pulford received his GCB at a joint investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle along with former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas on 13 April 2016.[24] Pulford's interests include military history, motorcycling, old cars and sailing.[1] FamilyIn 1982, Pulford married Nicola Jane Pearse; they have a son and a daughter.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}} {{commonscat|Andrew D. Pulford}}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Kevin Leeson}}{{s-ttl|title=Director Air Resources and Plans|years=2004–2007}}{{s-aft|after=Barry North}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47154|supp=y|page=2473|date=21 February 1977}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|editor=Mike Drewett|date=31 July 2013|url=http://www.RAF.mod.uk/news/archive/helicopter-pilot-becomes-cas-31072013|title=Helicopter Pilot becomes CAS|work=Royal Air Force|publisher=www.RAF.mod.uk|accessdate=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805190909/http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/helicopter-pilot-becomes-cas-31072013|archive-date=5 August 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Air Force Leadership: Whole Force Reality|publisher=RAF Leadership Centre|ISBN=978-0-9928097-2-0|date=2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.RAF.mod.uk/organisation/amp.cfm|title=Air Member for Personnel & Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel|work=Royal Air Force|publisher=www.RAF.mod.uk|accessdate=27 January 2013}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47451|supp=y|page=1267|date=30 January 1978}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47763|supp=y|page=1637|date=5 February 1979}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=48702|supp=y|page=10372|date=11 August 1981}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=50793|supp=y|page=72|date=5 January 1987}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=53537|supp=y|page=20689|date=31 December 1993}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=55722|supp=y|page=13841|date=4 January 2000}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.TimRipley.co.uk/articles/iraq_war.pdf|format=pdf|publisher=Flight International|title=Battle Proven|accessdate=27 January 2013}} 13. ^{{London Gazette|issue=57315|supp=y|page=6|date=12 June 2004}} 14. ^{{London Gazette|issue=57521|supp=y|page=16360|date=4 January 2005}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.RAF.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/03842F2D_1143_EC82_2E9354529F6416D2.doc|title=RAF Air Rank Appointments List 07/06 of 21 August 2006|work=Royal Air Force|publisher=www.RAF.mod.uk|accessdate=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004033615/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/03842F2D_1143_EC82_2E9354529F6416D2.doc|archive-date=4 October 2012|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 16. ^{{London Gazette|issue=58245|supp=y|page=2084|date=13 February 2007}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.RAF.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/552FF238_1143_EC82_2EB93D60DD9287DF.doc|title=RAF Air Rank Appointments List 01/08 of 4 January 2008|work=Royal Air Force|publisher=www.RAF.mod.uk|accessdate=27 January 2013}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.RAF.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/4A09776A_5056_A318_A8D4188BAF2A8399.doc|title=RAF Air Rank Appointments List 04/10 of 18 June 2010|work=Royal Air Force|publisher=www.RAF.mod.uk|accessdate=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208065616/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/4A09776A_5056_A318_A8D4188BAF2A8399.doc|archive-date=8 December 2012|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 19. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=2|supp=y}} 20. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60575|supp=y|page=14490|date=23 July 2013}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.Gov.uk/government/news/new-senior-military-officers-appointed|title=New senior military officers appointed|publisher=Inside Government|date=24 January 2013|accessdate=24 January 2013}} 22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.Gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title=Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015|date=17 December 2015|website=www.Gov.uk|accessdate=13 March 2016}} 23. ^{{London Gazette|issue=61450|supp=y|page=N3|date=30 December 2015}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.RoyalNavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/april/13/160413-joint-investiture-highlights-strength-of-royal-navy-and-royal-air-force-partnership|title=Joint investiture highlights strength of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force partnership|work=Royal Navy|publisher=www.RoyalNavy.mod.uk|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=14 April 2016}} |-{{s-bef|before=Iain McNicoll}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF|years=2007–2008}}{{s-aft|after=Stephen Hillier}} |-{{s-bef|before=Chris Nickols}}{{s-ttl|title=Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations)|years=2008–2010}}{{s-aft|after=David Capewell}} |-{{s-bef|before=Simon Bryant}}{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel RAF Air Command Air Member for Personnel|years=2010–2013}}{{s-aft|after=Barry North}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Stephen Dalton}}{{s-ttl|title=Chief of the Air Staff|years=2013–2016}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Stephen Hillier}}{{s-end}}{{Chief of the Air Staff}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pulford, Andrew}} 12 : 1958 births|British military personnel of the Troubles|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Falklands War pilots|Helicopter pilots|Living people|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Royal Air Force air marshals|Royal Air Force personnel of the Falklands War|Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War|20th-century Royal Air Force personnel|21st-century Royal Air Force personnel |
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