Career
Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and educated at Guildford Grammar School, Kyle was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1929. He served in World War II and in 1940 was appointed Officer Commanding No. 139 Squadron before becoming Station Commander at RAF Marham in 1942 and Station Commander at RAF Downham Market in 1944 and them transferring to Bomber Command.
After the war he joined the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College, Bracknell and was then joined the Air Plans team at Headquarters RAF Mediterranean & Middle East. He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the RAF Cranwell in 1951 and Director of Operational Requirements (Air) at the Air Ministry in 1952. He became Air Officer Commanding at Air Headquarters Malaya in 1955 during the Malayan Emergency, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1957 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Technical Training Command in 1959. He became Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in 1962 and Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command in 1965. When Bomber Command merged with Fighter Command to form Strike Command, Kyle became Strike Command's first Air Officer Commander-in-Chief in 1968.
He served as Governor of Western Australia from 1975 and briefly caused excitement when he spoke out in favour of developing a uranium processing plant at Kalgoorlie in 1978.
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