Dale White (RAF)

Wing Commander Dale White is a serving RAF Officer and former Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Dale White was born and raised in Sussex and schooled at Lord Wandsworth College in Hampshire before reading Geography at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

He spent the early part of his military career on the RAF Regiment Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Rapier Force in Germany, the UK and the Falkland Islands. Postings during this period included as Flight Commander, Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI), Squadron Operations Officer and instructor on the Joint Rapier Training Unit. A secondment to SE Asia followed in 2006 where he was the Officer Commanding a Joint British Military Training Team on a defence diplomacy task associated with the Defence Export and Sales Organisation. In 2007 he moved to a permanent staff training role on a RAF Auxiliary Squadron and was detached from here as Operations Officer of 4 RAF Force Protection Wing Op TELIC. In March 2008 he was appointed as Second in Command of the Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) with whom he completed a ceremonial season before deploying on Op HERRICK 9/10. Upon promotion to Squadron Leader in 2010, he completed both the Army and RAF Intermediate Command and Staff Courses before taking appointment as the senior officer responsible for Lessons and Concepts at the RAF Force Protection Centre at RAF Honington. He was selected to serve as Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from 2012 to 2013. He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order by HM The Queen following his time with The Duke of Edinburgh. He took command of 15 Sqn RAF Regiment in late 2013 and subsequently deployed with the Squadron on Op HERRICK 19/20. The Squadron was responsible for the defence of Camp Bastion before handing it over to the Afghan National Army at the close of Op HERRICK. He was promoted to Wing Commander in 2015.

Dale White is married to Rosie White who he met whilst working together at Buckingham Palace.