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Air Commodore Ashley David Stevenson, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|ADC}} (born 30 September 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and a former Commandant of Royal Air Force College Cranwell.

Military career

Stevenson was commissioned into the Flying Branch as a flying officer from the ranks of the RAF on 25 February 1982.^[1] He conducted his flying training in the USA on the T-37 and T-38 aircraft, completing using the Hawk in the UK.^[2]

He was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct in 1992 for his actions in an ejection situation following a bird strike ^[3] of his two-seat Harrier T.4 in 1991, where he rescued his rear seat passenger (the first woman to eject from a British combat jet) after she landed in the aircraft's burning wreckage. This was Stevenson's second ejection from a Harrier after he had ejected from a GR.5 in 1989.

As Officer Commanding No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, Wing Commander Stevenson commanded the detachment of Harrier GR.7 aircraft deployed during the Sierra Leone crisis,^[4] the first operation conducted by the combined RAF/Royal Navy Joint Force Harrier.

Stevenson served as Station Commander RAF Wittering for two years and, on promotion to air commodore,^[5] was appointed Air Commodore Force Development Headquarters in No. 1 Group on 27 November 2006.^[6]

Stevenson was appointed to the newly created NATO post of Commander Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in July 2007.^[7] He then became Commandant Royal Air Force College Cranwell and Director of Recruiting in April 2008.^[8]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.^[9]

References

1. ^Supplement to The London Gazette of Thursday, 8 April 1982 (No. 48947) retrieved 8 April 1982
2. ^RAF College Cranwell gets new commandant retrieved 9 April 2008
3. ^Second Supplement to The London Gazette of Monday, 27 July 1992 (No. 53002) retrieved 27 July 1992
4. ^Harriers return from Sierra Leone retrieved 11 June 2000
5. ^Royal Air Force Officer Promotions – 1 July 2007 retrieved 1 July 2007
6. ^Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 9/06 retrieved 13 October 2006
7. ^Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 2/07 retrieved 21 February 2007
8. ^Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 08/07 retrieved 11 October 2007
9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=6|date=16 June 2012}}

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