Appointees
The following lists all chiefs of the RAAF, ranks and honours as at completion of their tours.
Rank | Name | Post- Nominals |
Service | Term began | Term ended |
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Chief of the Air Staff | |||||
Wing Commander | Richard Williams | DSO, OBE | RAAF | October 1922 | December 1922 |
Wing Commander | Stanley Goble | CBE, DSO, DSC | RAAF | December 1922 | February 1925 |
Air Commodore | Richard Williams | CBE, DSO | RAAF | February 1925 | December 1932 |
Air Commodore | Stanley Goble | CBE, DSO, DSC | RAAF | December 1932 | June 1934 |
Air Vice Marshal | Richard Williams | CB, CBE, DSO | RAAF | June 1934 | February 1939 |
Air Vice Marshal | Stanley Goble | CBE, DSO, DSC | RAAF | February 1939 | January 1940 |
Air Commodore | William Anderson | CBE, DFC | RAAF | January 1940 | February 1940 |
Air Chief Marshal | Sir Charles Burnett | KCB, CBE, DSO | RAF | February 1940 | May 1942 |
Air Marshal | George Jones | CB, CBE, DFC | RAAF | May 1942 | January 1952 |
Air Marshal | Sir Donald Hardman | KCB, OBE, DFC | RAF | January 1952 | January 1954 |
Air Marshal | Sir John McCauley | KBE, CB | RAAF | January 1954 | March 1957 |
Air Marshal | Sir Frederick Scherger | KBE, CB, DSO, AFC | RAAF | March 1957 | May 1961 |
Air Marshal | Sir Valston Hancock | KBE, CB, DFC | RAAF | May 1961 | May 1965 |
Air Marshal | Sir Alister Murdoch | KBE, CB | RAAF | June 1965 | December 1969 |
Air Marshal | Sir Colin Hannah | KBE, CB | RAAF | January 1970 | March 1972 |
Air Marshal | Charles Read | KBE, CB, DFC, AFC | RAAF | March 1972 | March 1975 |
Air Marshal | Sir James Rowland | AC, KBE, DFC, AFC | RAAF | March 1975 | March 1979 |
Air Marshal | Sir Neville McNamara | KBE, AO, AFC, AE | RAAF | March 1979 | April 1982 |
Air Marshal | David Evans | AC, DSO, AFC | RAAF | April 1982 | May 1985 |
Air Marshal | John Newham | AC | RAAF | May 1985 | July 1987 |
Air Marshal | Ray Funnell | AC | RAAF | July 1987 | October 1992 |
Air Marshal | Barry Gration | AO, AFC | RAAF | October 1992 | November 1994 |
Air Marshal | Les Fisher | AO | RAAF | November 1994 | February 1997 |
Chief of Air Force | |||||
Air Marshal | Les Fisher | AO | RAAF | February 1997 | May 1998 |
Air Marshal | Errol McCormack | AO | RAAF | May 1998 | June 2001 |
Air Marshal | Angus Houston | AO, AFC | RAAF | June 2001 | July 2005 |
Air Marshal | Geoff Shepherd | AO | RAAF | July 2005 | July 2008 |
Air Marshal | Mark Binskin | AO | RAAF | July 2008 | July 2011 |
Air Marshal | Geoff Brown | AO | RAAF | July 2011 | Incumbent |
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