John Thompson (RAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Thompson, CB (born 18 September 1947) is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002.

John Thompson
Born	18 September 1947
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1970–2002
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands held	Royal Air Force College Cranwell RAF Wittering
Battles/wars	Bosnian War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

RAF career

Educated at Fielding High School in New Zealand, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force in 1970.[1] He became Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1988, Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Rheindahlen in 1993 and an assistant to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996.[1] He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1997 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2000 before retiring in 2002.[2]

References

1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. "Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.