| 词条 | Michael Harwood (RAF officer) |
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|name= Michael Harwood |image= British Defense Attache Air Vice Marshal Mike Harwood (Defense.gov News Photo 110524-D-WQ296-244 - British Defense Minister Liam Fox 3rd from right meets with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates right in the Pentagon on May 24 2011).jpg |image_size= 250px |caption= Michael Harwood in May 2011 |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1958|10|29|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1978–2012 |rank= Air Vice-Marshal |unit= |commands= British Defence Staff – US (2008–11) No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group (2008) RAF Cottesmore (2001–03) No. 20 Squadron (1998–2000) |battles= Iraq War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air |relations= |laterwork= }}Air Vice Marshal Michael John Harwood, {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 29 October 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Attaché and Head of the British Defence Staff – US in Washington, D.C. from 2008 to 2011.[1] RAF careerEducated at Merchant Taylors' School and at King's College London (MA Defence Studies), Harwood joined the RAF as a fast-jet pilot in 1978, initially serving as a flying instructor on Hawk and Harrier GR3/T4 aircraft. He received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in December 1990.[2] Promoted to wing commander, he became Commanding Officer of No. 20 Squadron (Harrier Operational Conversion Unit) at RAF Wittering in 1998 and, following promotion to group captain, he became Commander British Forces (Gulf) in Saudi Arabia in 2000. He went on to be Station Commander, RAF Cottesmore in 2001 before being deployed as Operating Base Commander, Kuwait for Operation Telic in 2003. He joined the Public Relations Directorate at the Ministry of Defence in 2004, became Assistant Commandant (Air) at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2005 and was the appointed Chief of the ISAF Detachment, CENTAF Combined Air Operations Centre at Al Udeid with the rank of air commodore in September 2007.[3] Harwood became Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group, Al Udeid in 2008. He was promoted air vice marshal and appointed Head of the British Defence Staff – US and Defence Attaché in November 2008.[4] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2012 New Year Honours.[5] References{{commonscat|Michael Harwood}}1. ^Defence Attaché (USA) biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128020501/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/defence/command-group/defence-attache |date=28 November 2009 }} retrieved 14 January 2009 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=David Walker}}{{s-ttl|title=Station Commander RAF Cottesmore|years=2001–2003}}{{s-aft|after=Unknown}}2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52382 |date=28 December 1990 |page=27 |supp=y }} 3. ^Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 2/07 retrieved 21 February 2007 4. ^Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 1/08 retrieved 4 January 2008 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=2 |supp=y }} |-{{s-bef|before=Unknown}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group|years=2008–2008}}{{s-aft|after=A S Barmby}} |-{{s-bef|before=Peter Gilchrist}}{{s-ttl|title= Head of the British Defence Staff – US and Defence Attaché|years=2008–2011}}{{s-aft|after=Buster Howes}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harwood, Michael}} 10 : 1958 births|Living people|People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Alumni of King's College London|Royal Air Force air marshals|British air attachés|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air|Companions of the Order of the Bath|British expatriates in the United States |
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