| 词条 | John Thompson (RAF officer) |
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|name= John Thompson |image= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1947|09|18|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1970–2002 |rank= Air Vice Marshal |unit= |commands= Royal Air Force College Cranwell RAF Wittering |battles= Bosnian War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Thompson, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (born 18 September 1947) is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002. RAF careerEducated at Fielding High School in New Zealand, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force in 1970.[1] He became Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1988, Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Rheindahlen in 1993 and an assistant to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996.[1] He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1997 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2000 before retiring in 2002.[2] References1. ^1 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4081-1414-8}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before = Charles Vyvyan}}{{s-ttl | title = Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. | years =2000–2002}}{{s-aft | after =Anthony Dymock}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, John}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |title=Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments |accessdate=7 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df= }} 6 : 1947 births|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Living people|Royal Air Force air marshals|British air attachés|Commandants of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell |
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