Air Marshal Philip Oliver Sturley, (born 9 July 1950) is a former senior commander in the

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Flying career

Educated at

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and

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, Sturley was commissioned in the

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, 2010, He became Director of Air Staff Briefing and Co-ordination at the

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in 1990, Station Commander at RAF Cottesmore in 1992 and Secretary to the Military Committee at

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Headquarters in 1994. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group in 1998,

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in 2000 and Chief of Staff to the Air North Commander in 2003, before retiring in 2005. Sturley served as president of the Royal Air Forces AssociationRoyal Air Forces Association
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sturley, Philip 1950 births Alumni of Loughborough University Companions of the Order of the Bath Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at St Ignatius' College, Enfield Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Royal Air Force air marshals