Air Marshal Sir Robert Alfred Wright, (born 10 June 1947) is a former senior

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officer.

RAF career

Wright joined the

in 1966.Debrett's People of Today (dead link as of 22 July 2016)
/ref> He became commanding officer of No. 9 Squadron based at

RAF Bruggen Royal Air Force Brüggen, more commonly known as RAF Brüggen, in Germany was a major station of the Royal Air Force until 15 June 2001. It was situated next to the village of Elmpt, approximately west of Düsseldorf on the Dutch-German bo ...

in 1987, Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff in 1989 and Station Commander at RAF Bruggen in 1992. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff, Policy & Plans at NATO Headquarters at

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in 1994, Air Commander Operations at Headquarters

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in 1995 and Military Advisor to the

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in 1997. After that he became Chief of Staff to the

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and Deputy Commander-in-Chief

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in 1998, Assistant Chief of Staff Policy & Requirements at

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in 2000 and UK Military Representative to NATO and the

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in 2002 before retiring in 2006. In retirement Wright became Controller of the

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.New holiday home for RAF families
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References

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