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|name=Gary Waterfall |image= VMFAT-501 Marine Corps Air Station F-35 Command Visit 141028-M-XK446-191 (cropped; Gary Waterfall).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Waterfall in 2014 |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1967|01|07|df=y}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= |rank= Air Vice Marshal |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= No. 1 Group (2014–16) RAF Cottesmore (2009–11) No. 41 Squadron RAF (2006–07) |battles= Operation Ellamy |awards= Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Vice Marshal Gary Martin Waterfall, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 7 January 1967) is a senior Royal Air Force officer and Chief of Staff (Operations) in the Permanent Joint Headquarters. From July 2014 to April 2016, he was Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group. RAF careerWaterfall was previously a Harrier pilot and a member of the Red Arrows display team.[1] He was Officer Commanding No. 41 Squadron RAF from 1 April 2006 to 8 June 2007. On 15 December 2010, Waterfall led the final 16-ship flypast of the Harrier when they were retired from service. On promotion to air commodore in June 2011, he was deployed to NATO’s Combined Air Operations Centre 5 to assume command of the UK air contribution to the liberation of Libya, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Operational Honours List in March 2012.[2] From July 2014 to April 2016, he was Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group. In that role, he is also head of the air defence of the United Kingdom.[3] On 28 April 2016, Waterfall handed over the command of No. 1 Group to Gerry Mayhew.[4] Waterfall was then appointed the Chief of Staff (Operations) in the Permanent Joint Headquarters with effect from 16 May 2016.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|title=WATERFALL, Air Vice-Marshal Gary Martin|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U279562|website=Who's Who 2015|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=7 January 2015|date=October 2014}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Former RAF Cottesmore station commander awarded CBE|url=http://www.rutland-times.co.uk/news/local/former-raf-cottesmore-station-commander-awarded-cbe-1-3662245|accessdate=19 July 2012|work=Rutland Times|date=23 March 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Dearden|first1=Lizzie|title=RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian bomber 'approaching the UK'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/raf-typhoons-scrambled-to-intercept-russian-bomber-approaching-the-uk-9833231.html|accessdate=7 January 2015|work=The Independent|date=1 November 2014}} 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=20 April 2016}} 5. ^http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm External links{{Commonscat|Gary Waterfall}}{{S-start}}{{S-mil}}{{S-bef|before=Stuart Atha}}{{S-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group|years=2014–2016}}{{s-aft|after=Gerry Mayhew}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterfall, Gary}} 4 : 1967 births|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Living people|Royal Air Force officers |
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