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Air Chief Marshal

Sir Michael Alcock

GCB KBE FREng FIMechE FRAeS
Air Chief Marshal; Sir Michael Alcock; GCB KBE FREng FIMechE FRAeS
Born	11 July 1936 (age 88)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1959–96
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands	Logistics Command (1994–96)
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Other work	Aerospace consultant

Sir Robert James Michael Alcock (born 11 July 1936),^[1] usually referred to as Sir Michael Alcock, is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and an aerospace consultant.

RAF career

Educated at Victoria College, Jersey,^[2] Alcock was commissioned in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force in 1959.^[3]

By the time of the Gulf War, Alcock was air officer engineering at Headquarters Strike Command.^[3] He was appointed the RAF's chief engineer in 1991,^[4] and promoted to air chief marshal in 1993.^[5] The following year Alcock graduated from Cranfield University^[6] before being appointed air officer commanding-in-chief the newly established Logistics Command on 1 April 1994. The role also carried with it a seat on the Air Force Board as the air member for logistics and Alcock became the first non-aircrew officer to sit on the Air Force Board.^[3] Additionally, Alcock continued to be designated as the RAF's Chief Engineer.^[7] Alcock was succeeded by Sir John Allison on 8 March 1996.^[8] He retired from the RAF on 25 June 1996,^[9] and subsequently worked as an aerospace consultant.^[10]

References

^ Burke's Peerage
^ Victoria College
^ ^a ^b ^c Support for the RAF in the Twenty-First Century Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Royal Air Force Historical Society, Journal 35, 2005
^ Chinook crash revisited Daily Telegraph, 7 January 2010
^ "No. 53363". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 July 1993. p. 11376.
^ Honorary Graduates Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Cranfield University
^ Die by Wire BBC 1, 12 July 1999
^ Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – RAF Home Commands formed between 1958 – 2002 Archived 2014-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "No. 54473". The London Gazette. 22 July 1996. p. 9878.
^ Birthdays today The Independent, 11 July 2009

Military offices
New title Command formed from part of the responsibilities of Support Command	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Logistics Command 1994–1996	Succeeded by Sir John Allison