John Allison (RAF officer)

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Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison (born 1943), was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

From 25 July 1997, Air Chief Marshal Allison was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Strike Command. He was a key supporter of the BWEMS [1]. He retired on the 28 March 1999

Sir John retired in 1999 from the Royal Air Force (UK) as Air Chief Marshal, Commander- in-Chief of RAF Strike Command.

In his earlier career he flew many of RAF’s fast jets, and is still a keen pilot, flying his own light aircraft as well as the Shuttleworth Collection of vintage and historic aircraft at Old Warden (UK). He flies the Spitfire and other similar aircraft at air displays. He is a keen restorer of vintage cars and old airplanes.

He was Director of Staregic Services at Jaguar Racing, but was dismissed when Niki Lauda was removed [2] Sir John was elected President of Europe Air Sports in April 2004 and took up the position in November 2004 following the retirement of Oliver Burghelle (France).

One of his sons is a glider pilot, while another is Chief Aerodynamisist of the Renault F1 team