Air Marshal David John Pocock, is a former senior

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officer who served as

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from 2004 to 2005.

RAF career

Pocock joined the

in 1974. He served as Officer Commanding Support Wing at the joint RAF and Army base at Akrotiri before becoming briefing officer to the Chief of the Air Staff. He went on to be Group Captain in charge of the RAF estate in 1996, Air Commodore Plans at

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in 1997 and Air Commodore Plans and Policy at

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in 1999. He became Officer responsible for Defence Pay & Allowances in 2000, Head of the Service Personnel Change Programme with promotion to

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in January 2003 before serving as

and

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(Personnel and Reserves) from 2004 to 2005. He was promoted to air marshal in July 2005 and became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) and retired in 2007. He was appointed

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(CB) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

Retirement

In retirement Pocock became a Board Member of the Sector Skills Council for Central Government.

References

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