Chris Moran
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| Christopher Hugh Moran | |
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 Air Vice-Marshal C H Moran. Photo Crown Copyright. |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held | No. 1 Group RAF Wittering No. IV Squadron |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
Air Marshal Christopher Hugh Moran OBE, MVO is a senior Royal Air Force officer and the current Deputy Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.
Moran joined the Royal Air Force as a university cadet whilst studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology[1].
He flew Harriers with No IV Squadron, as Qualified Weapons Instructor, and as flight commander, in Belize, the Falkland Islands, and on HMS Illustrious. He was also an exchange officer with the United States Marine Corps at Cherry Point, North Carolina.
Moran commanded the Harrier squadron in the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Wittering, and then attended the Advanced Staff Course in 1991. After a brief posting to the Ministry of Defence he was appointed Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. In 1994 he became commanding officer of No IV Squadron in Germany.
Promoted to Group Captain in 1996, he was appointed Staff Officer HQ 1 Group, and in the following year, station commander of RAF Wittering.
After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1999 Moran became Divisional Director at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, where he also completed an MA.
As an Air Commodore he was then Director of Air Staff until 2002, and then the Chief of Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the US Joint Staff in Washington. In the following year he became Air Officer Commanding 1 Group as an Air Vice-Marshal. In 2005 he became Assistant Chief of Air Staff.
In 2005, Moran was appointed to the board of the Civil Aviation Authority[2].
It was announced on 25 September 2006 that Moran was to be promoted Air Marshal and to become Deputy Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum in May 2007, in succession to Lieutenant General D L Judd CB.
[edit] References
- ^ Assistant Chief of the Air Staff , Royal Air Force. Retrieved on 23 January 2007.
- ^ Assistant Chief of the Air Staff appointed to the Board of the CAA, Government News Network. Retrieved on 23 January 2007.
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| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Glenn Torpy |
Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group 2003–2005 |
Succeeded by David Walker |
| Preceded by David Walker |
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 2005-2007 |
Succeeded by T M Anderson |
