Air Marshal Sean Keith Paul Reynolds, is a senior
Royal Auxiliary Air Force officer who serves as Air Officer for Northern Ireland.
RAF career
Reynolds was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 8 June 1984. He was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for service during the
Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
. He became station commander at
RAF Odiham
RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the village of Odiham in Hampshire, England. It is the home of the Royal Air Force's heavy lift helicopter, the Chinook, and of the King’s Helicopter Flight (TKHF) . ...
in September 2005. He went on to be Director of Finance and Military Capability (Air) in April 2009,
Director of Strategy Management at the
Ministry of Defence in March 2011 and Air Officer Commanding,
No. 2 Group
No. 2 Group is a Group (military aviation unit)#United Kingdom, group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was react ...
in January 2013.
[ He was appointed Deputy Commander (Personnel) at ]RAF Air Command
Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
...
in May 2016. He became Air Officer Northern Ireland as a member of the Royal Air Force Reserve on 1 January 2019.
Reynolds was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in recognition of services in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
on 29 April 2003 and advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the 2008 Birthday Honours
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. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
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in the 2019 New Year Honours.
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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Royal Air Force air marshals
Royal Air Force personnel of the Gulf War
Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War
Royal Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Year of birth missing (living people)