Jon Crossley is a senior

warrant officer Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries. Depending on the country, service, or historical context, warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned ranks, the mos ...

in the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

. He served as Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer from 2016 to 2019.

Military career

Crossley joined the

(RAF) in November 1985. He trained as a plotter air photographer at

RAF Wyton Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is decommissioned and is now home to the Joint Forces Intelligence Group. History Flying station Wyton has b ...

. From June 2014 to October 2016, he served as

Station Warrant Officer The station warrant officer (SWO, often pronounced as a word) is the senior warrant officer on a British Royal Air Force station. The SWO is responsible for discipline and is therefore comparable to the regimental sergeant major in a British Arm ...

Royal Air Force College Cranwell The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force military academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to become commissioned officers. The College also provides initial training to aircrew cadets and ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, Jon British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Living people Military personnel from Lancashire Royal Air Force airmen Royal Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Year of birth missing (living people) Warrant Officers of the Royal Air Force