The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the

Secretary of State for Air The Secretary of State for Air was a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state position in the British government, which existed from 1919 to 1964. The person holding this position was in charge of the Air Ministry. The Secretar ...

in his role of managing 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) and ...

. It was established on 10 January 1919, replacing the previous short-lived posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board and Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board, 1916–1917

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council, 1917–1919

Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1919–1964

Minister of State for the Air Force, 1964–1967

Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force, 1964–1981

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" , - ! Name !! Entered office !! Left office , - ,

Julian Ridsdale Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale (8 June 1915 – 21 July 2004) was a British National Liberal and later Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich. He took a particular interest in Japan. The son of a stoc ...

, , 1964 , , 1964 , - ,

Bruce Millan Bruce Millan (5 October 1927 – 21 February 2013) was a British Labour politician who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1995. Early life He was born in Dundee and educated at the Harris Academy in that city. Parliamentary c ...

, , 1964 , , 1966 , - , Merlyn-Rees , , 1966 , , 1968 , - , The Lord Winterbottom , , 1968 , , 24 June 1970 , - ,

Antony Lambton Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, (10 July 1922 – 30 December 2006), briefly 6th Earl of Durham, styled before 1970 as Viscount Lambton, and widely known as Lord Lambton, was a Conservative Member of Parliament and a cousin of Sir Alec Douglas ...

, , 24 June 1970 , , 5 June 1973 , - ,

Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw (14 December 1915 – 29 April 2008) was a British Conservative MP for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, World War II cavalry officer, amateur rugby p ...

, , 5 June 1973 , , 8 January 1974 , - , The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal , , 8 January 1974 , , 8 March 1974 , - ,

Brynmor John Brynmor Thomas John (18 April 1934 – 13 December 1988) was a British Labour politician. John was Member of Parliament for Pontypridd in South Wales from 1970 until his death. During the Labour government of 1974 to 1979, he was a junior Defen ...

, , 8 March 1974 , , 14 April 1976 , - ,

James Wellbeloved Alfred James Wellbeloved (29 July 1926 – 10 September 2012) was a British politician who was the MP for Erith and Crayford from 1965 to 1983. He was elected as a member of the Labour Party, but defected to the Social Democratic Party after i ...

, , 14 April 1976 , , 6 May 1979 , - ,

Geoffrey Pattie Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie (born 17 January 1936) is a British former Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. Pattie was educated at Durham School, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA Honours Degree in La ...

, , 6 May 1979 , , 29 May 1981

Sources

*D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000 Air, Under-Secretary of State for Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom Royal Air Force