23-928: Ian Stewart may refer to: Military [ edit ] Ian Stewart (RAF officer) , current United Kingdom National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Ian MacAlister Stewart (1895–1987), brigadier general during the Second World War Ian Michael Stewart , former senior commander in the Royal Air Force Politics [ edit ] Ian Stewart (Labour politician) (born 1950), Scottish politician Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby (1935–2018), British Conservative Party politician and former MP for Hitchin, England Sports [ edit ] Ian Stewart (athlete) (born 1949), Scottish Olympic athlete Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer) (born 1943), member of
46-434: A single white star (air commodore is equivalent to a one-star rank) on an air force blue background. RAF air commodores are classed as air officers and as such have two rows of gold oak leaves on the peak of their service dress hats. The reigning monarch may appoint honorary air commodores for RAF flying squadrons and stations. For example, King Charles III is RAF Valley 's honorary air commodore and Winston Churchill
69-556: Is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force . The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. Air commodore is immediately senior to group captain and immediately subordinate to air vice-marshal . It
92-587: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ian Stewart (RAF officer) Air Commodore Ian Richard William Stewart CBE FRAeS is a retired British Royal Air Force officer. His last posting was as the United Kingdom National Military Representative at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe . He was Commandant Air Cadets between 2008 and 2010, and Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Reserve from 2014. Stewart
115-685: Is usually equivalent to a commodore or a brigadier / brigadier general . The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force , Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) was "air commandant". The rank was used in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces , when army-type rank titles were adopted. Canadian air commodores then became brigadier-generals . In official Canadian French usage,
138-637: The Air Training Corps , an appointed air commodore holds ultimate authority over the cadet organisation as the Commandant Air Cadets . On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army , with officers at what is now air commodore holding the rank of brigadier-general . In response to the proposal that the RAF should use its own rank titles, it was suggested that
161-785: The Tornado F3 . In 1992 he moved from Leuchars to RAF Coningsby and joined the Tornado F3 Operational Conversion Unit 56 (R) Squadron as a flight commander. In 1994 he joined the staff at 11 Group Headquarters at RAF Bentley Priory, serving on the Air Defence training desk. At the end of 1996 he completed the Joint Service Defence College course at Greenwich. He then commanded the Flying Training Development Wing at RAF Halton where he
184-987: The UK Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood as the J5 Plans SO1 Deployable Liaison Officer, and was a member of the Operation TELIC planning staff responsible for the UK's contribution to Coalition operations in Iraq. In 2003 he was posted to Ramstein Air Base , Germany, where he served as the A3 Division Head and United Kingdom Senior National Representative within the NATO Component Command Air Headquarters. In early 2004 he served as Assistant Chief of Staff (Air) within
207-659: The Australian Football Hall of Fame Ian Stewart (baseball) (born 1985), major league baseball player Ian Stewart (Northern Ireland footballer) (born 1961), member of the 1986 Northern Ireland Football World Cup team Ian Stewart (racing driver) (1929–2017), Scottish Formula One driver Ian Stewart (Scottish footballer) (born 1945/46), Scottish football player and manager Others [ edit ] Ian Stewart (mathematician) (born 1945), English academic and science fiction author Ian Stewart (musician) (1938–1985), British musician and early member of
230-980: The International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. Stewart is the Chairman of the 56 Squadron Association and the Chair of Trustees of the RAF Cranwell Kidzone Childcare Centre. He is also President of the civilian committee at 2185 (Wareham) Squadron and 2185 (Swanage) Detached Flight of the Air Training Corps , Royal Air Force Air Cadets He served as the head of the Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit at RAF Cranwell from 2006 until May 2008. In May 2008, he became Commandant Air Cadets, replacing Air Commodore Gordon Moulds . After two years as Commandant, Stewart handed over
253-514: The RAF might use the Royal Navy's officer ranks , with the word "air" inserted before the naval rank title. Although the Admiralty objected to this simple modification of their rank titles, it was agreed that the RAF might base many of its officer rank titles on Navy officer ranks with differing pre-modifying terms. It was also suggested that air-officer ranks could be based on the term "ardian", which
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#1733084673002276-844: The Rolling Stones Ian Duncan Stewart (1938–2017), or Ian Brady , British serial killer and author Ian Stewart (police commissioner) , former Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (2012–2019) Ian Stewart, founder of Gremlin Interactive and Zoo Digital Ian Charles Stewart (born 1958), entrepreneur and co-founder of Wired magazine Ian Stewart (priest) (born 1943), Dean of Brechin See also [ edit ] Iain Stewart (disambiguation) Ian Stuart (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
299-629: The baton of command to Air Commodore Barbara Cooper in May 2010. Stewart assumed his appointment at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe on 24 May 2010. He retired from the Royal Air Force on 22 November 2013 and was appointed Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Reserve in September 2014. He has been married to Rosemary since 1981 and they have three children: Chris, Mike and James. His interests include skiing, foreign travel and singing. Stewart
322-413: The honorary rank. In such cases the individual is made an honorary air commandant and they retain their regular rank. Larger air force organisations or formations may be honoured by having an air commodore-in-chief appointed in their name. These RAF appointments are rare and to date (2020) have been given to just five senior members of the royal family, of whom three were reigning or future monarchs of
345-526: The rank title was commodore de l'air . The position of honorary air commodore still exists in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets . In the present-day RAF, air commodores typically hold senior appointments within groups , acting directly in support of the air officer commanding . However, during the inter-war period, and in the case of the contemporary No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group , the air officer commanding held or holds air commodore rank. In
368-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Stewart&oldid=1132901161 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
391-487: The tunic or on the shoulders of the flying suit or the casual uniform. On the mess uniform , air commodores wear a broad gold ring on both lower sleeves. The command flag of an air commodore has one narrow red band running through the centre and is rectangular with a cut-away section giving it two tails. It is the only RAF command flag of this shape and it is similar in shape to that of a Royal Navy commodore's broad pennant . The vehicle star plate for an air commodore depicts
414-402: Was 615 Squadron 's honorary air commodore. As the title suggests, this is an honorary position bestowed by the reigning monarch and it does not grant the recipient command of a unit or formation. It is designed to strengthen the bond between the military unit and the individual and promote the role of the air force amongst the public. Serving officers may be granted an equivalent appointment to
437-708: Was awarded the NATO Meritorious Service Medal in 2006 for services to NATO. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS) in 2009 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire in 2016. Air Commodore Air commodore ( Air Cdre or Air Cmde )
460-556: Was derived from a combination of the Gaelic words for "chief" ( ard ) and "bird" ( eun ), with the term "fourth ardian" or "flight ardian" being used for the equivalent to brigadier-general and commodore. However, the rank title based on the Navy rank was preferred and air commodore was adopted in August 1919. The rank insignia is a light-blue band on a broad black band worn on both the lower sleeves of
483-493: Was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead , where he became a Cadet Warrant Officer in the CCF (RAF) Section based there. He studied Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Southampton University as an Acting Pilot Officer with an RAF University Cadetship. Having completed Officer Training at RAF Cranwell in 1980, he remained to complete basic flying training before moving on to RAF Valley for advanced training. He
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#1733084673002506-603: Was responsible for devising a training strategy for fast jet pilots. In 1999 he served in the Defence Crisis Management Centre in MOD as a Kosovo briefing officer and completed a short tour within the former Directorate of Public Relations (RAF). From April 2000 to October 2002 he was the Officer Commanding 56 (R) Squadron at RAF Coningsby. After achieving over 1000 flying hours on the Tornado F3 he joined
529-733: Was selected to become an instructor and after completing Central Flying School training at RAF Leeming , he was posted to RAF Linton-on-Ouse in 1983 as a Qualified Flying Instructor where he flew over 1000 hours on the Jet Provost basic trainer. In 1986 he converted to the Phantom FGR2 and served on 92 Squadron, RAF Wildenrath in Germany, as the Squadron Qualified Flying Instructor. He moved back to 228 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Leuchars in 1989 before converting to fly
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