Glenn Torpy

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn L. Torpy, KCB, CBE, DSO, BSc(Eng), FRAeS, RAF is the current Chief of the Air Staff.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy was born in 1953 and joined the Royal Air Force in 1974 after studying Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London.

During the Gulf War, Torpy saw active service with No 13 Squadron and was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

Sir Glenn Torpy served as Chief of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters (UK) from 26 July 2004 until March 2006. Air Chief Marshal Torpy was made a Knight Commander of the Bath in January 2005 and assumed his appointment as Chief of the Air Staff on 13 April 2006 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.

[edit] Tours of Duty

• 1974, Cadet, RAF College Cranwell
• Flying Training
• Flying Duties (Jaguar)
• Flying Duties (Jaguar)
• Qualified Weapons Instructor (Hawk)
• Squadron Commander (Tornado)
• Officer Commanding 13 Squadron
• Student, Royal Air Force Staff College
• Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence
• Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Strike Command
• Station Commander RAF Bruggen, Germany
• Student, Royal College of Defence Studies
• Student, Joint Services Command and Staff College
• Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at the Permanent Joint Headquarters
• Air Officer Commanding Number One Group
• July 2003, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Strike Command
• 26 July 2004, Chief of Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters
• 13 April 2006, Chief of the Air Staff

[edit] Reference

• RAF Web Site - Chief of the Air Staff

Military Offices
Preceded by: P V Harris	Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group 2001–2003	Succeeded by: C H Moran
Preceded by: Sir Brian Burridge	Deputy Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 2003–2004	Succeeded by: Sir Clive Loader
Preceded by: Sir John Reith	Chief of Joint Operations 2004–2006	Succeeded by: Nick Houghton
Preceded by: Sir Jock Stirrup	Chief of the Air Staff 2006–Present	Succeeded by: Current Incumbent