Air Vice Marshal Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by 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 u ...

Christina Reid Elliot, is a retired senior

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officer.

Military career

Educated at the

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, Elliot joined to

in 1985. She became a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2006, Group Captain Airspace Control Capability at RAF Air Command in 2007 and station commander at

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in 2010. She went on to be Group Captain Programmes in Finance, Programmes and Plans at RAF Air Command in 2012. Elliot was promoted to air commodore on 30 August 2013 and appointed assistant chief of staff training, HQ No. 22 (Training) Group. She was director of ground training at No. 22 Group from 2014, and appointed

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in 2016. She was succeeded by Air Vice-Marshal

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on 24 February 2020. Elliot was appointed

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(CB) in the

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Later life

Since April 2020, having retiring from the Royal Air Force, Elliot has worked as controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund.

References

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