Air Vice-Marshal Allan Paul Marshall, is a senior

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officer.

Early life

Marshall holds an engineering degree from

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RAF career

Marshall was commissioned into the

(RAF) in September 1991. He served as officer commanding No. V (AC) Squadron. He went on to become station commander at

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in March 2016, and Head of Military Operations in the

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in December 2018. In February 2020 it was announced that he would be appointed to the post of Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group with effect from March 2020. On 22 November 2021, Marshall took up the post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments) in succession to Major General

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. Marshall was appointed an

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in the

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Personal life

Marshall is married to Air Vice-Marshal

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, and together they have two children.

References

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