Peter Robin Harding

Sir Peter Robin Harding , GCB (* 2. December 1933 in Lambeth , London ) is a British officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who as Air Chief Marshal between 1985 and 1988 Chief of Staff of the Air Force ( Chief of the Air Staff ) and subsequently as a Marshal of the Royal Air Force from 1988 to 1992 chief of defense Staff of the British Armed forces ( chief of the defense Staff ) was.

Life

Peter Robin Harding attended the Chingford Foundation School and began his National Service on September 3, 1952 . On August 12, 1953 he was taken over as a lieutenant (pilot officer) in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and found numerous jobs as an officer and staff officer in the following years.

Harding replaced Colonel (Group Captain) on July 26, 1976 from Colonel David Harcourt-Smith as Commander of the RAF Bruggen Air Base and remained in this post until February 27, 1976, when Group Captain John Robert Walker succeeded him. After further assignments, he took over as Major General (Air Vice Marshal) on January 7, 1981 from Air Vice Marshal Peter Anthony Latham as Commander (Air Officer Commanding) of No 11 Group RAF and had this command until his replacement by Major General Kenneth Hayr on August 11, 1982. On August 28, 1982, he was a Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) succeeds Air Marshal David Craig as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Vice Chief of the Air Staff) and held this position until its dissolution in 1985. During this time he was on 31 December 1982 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and since then has had the suffix "Sir".

Then Harding was 1985 as General (Air Chief Marshal) successor to Admiral Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert as Vice Chief of Defense Staff . However, he only held this office for a short time and was replaced by Air Chief Marshal Patrick Hine in 1985 . He himself in turn replaced Air Chief Marshal David Craig on August 29, 1985 as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Strike Command ( RAF Strike Command ) and remained in this post until September 9, 1988, whereupon Air Chief Marshal Patrick also here Hine became his successor. During this time he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on December 31, 1987 . Subsequently, he was on 14 November 1988 again succeeded Air Chief Marshal David Craig, and although this time as Chief of Staff of the Air Force ( Chief of the Air Staff ) . He held this office until November 6, 1992, when he was replaced by Air Chief Marshal Michael Graydon .

Last took Peter Robin Harding Marshal of the Royal Air Force of Field Marshal (Field Marshal) Richard Vincent the post of Chief of Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces ( Chief of the Defense Staff ) . He held this position until he retired on March 13, 1994, whereupon Field Marshal Peter Inge succeeded him on March 15, 1994.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Station Commander RAF Bruggen (rafweb.org)
2. ↑ No 11 Group RAF (rafweb.org)
3. ↑ Vice Chief of the Air Staff (rafweb.org)
4. ↑ ^{a b} KNIGHTS AND DAMES HA - HOR. In: leighrayment.com. November 27, 2018, accessed March 27, 2019 . 
5. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, p. 6
6. ↑ RAF Strike Command (rafweb.org)
7. ↑ Chief of the Air Staff (rafweb.org)
8. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, p. 5

predecessor	Office	successor
David Craig	Chief of the Air Staff 1988-1992	Michael Graydon
Richard Vincent	Chief of the Defense Staff 1992-1994	Peter Inge