Vice Chiefs of The Air Staff
Holders of the post included:
- 22 April 1940 – 4 October 1940 Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse
- 4 October 1940 – 19 October 1942 Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman
- 19 October 1942 – 21 March 1943 Air Vice-Marshal C E H Medhurst (acting) Air Chief Marshal Tedder had been due to take the appointment but after a meeting with Eisenhower, the Americans asked Churchill to appoint Tedder as Air Commander for the whole Mediterranean area.
- 21 March 1943 – 1 June 1946 Sir Douglas Evill
- 1 June 1946 – 1947 Air Marshal Sir William Dickson
- 1947 – 1948 Air Marshal Sir James Robb
- 1 November 1948 Air Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders
- 1 March 1950 Air Chief Marshal The Honorable Sir Ralph Cochrane
- 1 November 1952 Air Marshal Sir John Baker
- 9 November 1953 Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
- 16 September 1957 Air Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston
- 2 March 1962 Air Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle
- November 1964 Air Marshal Sir Brian Burnett
- 6 November 1967 Air Marshal Sir Peter Fletcher
- 1 August 1970 Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood
- 1 November 1973 Air Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade
- February 1976 Air Marshal Sir David Evans
- March 1977 Air Marshal Sir Peter Terry
- 30 January 1979 Air Marshal Sir John Nicholls
- May 1980 Air Marshal Sir David Craig
- August 1982 Air Marshal Sir Peter Harding
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