Air Officer Commanding
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- 1 April 1918 unknown
- 29 February 1920 Group Captain H C T Dowding
- 27 February 1922 Group Captain E L Gerrard
- 1 January 1923 Air Commodore E L Gerrard
- 21 July 1924 Group Captain R Gordon
- 31 December 1924 Group Captain P L W Herbert
- 12 April 1926 – 25 August 1927 Group Disbanded
- 9 August 1927 Air Commodore E L Gerrard
- 11 November 1929 Air Commodore W F M Foster
- 2 January 1934 Air Commodore J E A Baldwin
- 12 August 1935 Air Commodore J C Quinnell
- 1 May 1936 Air Commodore O T Boyd
- 7 January 1937 Air Commodore S W Smith
- 17 February 1938 Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair
- 24 August 1939 – 12 September 1939 No. 1 Group Renamed Advanced Air Striking Force
- 3 September 1939 Air Vice-Marshal A C Wright
- 22 December 1939 – 22 June 1940 Group Disbanded
- 27 June 1940 Air Commodore *27 June 1940 Air Commodore J J Breen
- 27 November 1940 Air Vice-Marshal R D Oxland
- 24 February 1943 Air Vice-Marshal E A B Rice
- 12 February 1945 Air Vice-Marshal R S Blucke
- 15 January 1947 Air Vice-Marshal C E N Guest
- 24 January 1949 Air Vice-Marshal G H Mills
- 5 April 1951 Air Vice-Marshal D A Boyle
- 27 April 1953 Air Vice-Marshal J R Whitley
- 3 October 1956 Air Vice-Marshal G A Walker
- 14 June 1959 Air Vice-Marshal J G Davis
- 1 December 1961 Air Vice-Marshal P H Dunn
- 1 May 1964 Air Vice-Marshal D C Stapleton
- 1 June 1966 Air Vice-Marshal M H LeBas
- 23 December 1968 Air Vice-Marshal R L Wade
- 8 February 1971 Air Vice-Marshal B P T Horsley
- 3 March 1973 Air Vice-Marshal D G Evans
- 29 November 1975 Air Vice-Marshal P J Lagesen
- 5 July 1978 Air Vice-Marshal D B Craig
- 11 April 1980 Air Vice-Marshal M W P Knight
- 18 December 1982 Air Vice-Marshal D Parry-Evans
- 17 September 1983 Air Commodore H S Carver
- 1 April 1984 Air Vice-Marshal M G Simmons
- 19 February 1987 Air Vice-Marshal C J Thomson
- 24 February 1989 Air Vice-Marshal R A F Wilson
- 1991–1993 Air Vice-Marshal R E Johns
- 1993–1994 Air Vice-Marshal P T Squire
- 1994–1997 Air Vice-Marshal J R Day
- 1997–1998 Air Vice-Marshal G E Stirrup
- 1998–2000 Air Vice-Marshal J H Thompson
- 2000–2001 Air Vice-Marshal P V Harris
- 2001–2003 Air Vice-Marshal G L Torpy
- 2003–2005 Air Vice-Marshal C H Moran
- 2005–2007 Air Vice-Marshal D Walker
- 2007–2009 Air Vice-Marshal C N Harper
- 2009-2011 Air Vice-Marshal G J Bagwell
- 2011- Air Vice-Marshal S Atha
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