Edward Stringer

Air Vice-Marshal Edward Jackson Stringer, CBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer. He is the current Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.

Early life
Stringer studied engineering at the University of Liverpool. He graduated Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in 1985.

Military career
Stringer was commissioned into the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force on 5 September 1982 as an acting pilot officer. He was assigned the service number 5204227Q. He was regraded to pilot officer on 15 July 1985 with seniority from 15 April 1984. Following flying training, he was posted to the Jaguar Force. He then became a Qualified Weapons Instructor. He was promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1986 with seniority from 15 October 1984, and to flight lieutenant on 15 April 1987. He saw active service in the Gulf War of 1990 to 1991. On 1 January 1995, he was promoted to squadron leader as part of the half yearly promotions. Between April and September 1999, he was posted to the Gulf as part of the operation to maintain the Iraqi no-fly zones.

He became officer commanding No. 54 Squadron in which capacity he was deployed as Jaguar Force Commander for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He became Station Commander at RAF Leeming and then commanding officer of 904 Expeditionary Air Wing based at Kandahar in 2008. He went on to be Commandant of the Air Warfare Centre in 2009 in which role he was deployed as Air Contingent Commander for the NATO Operation in Libya (Operation Unified Protector). He went on to be Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington D.C. in October 2012. On 5 April 2013, he was promoted to air vice-marshal and appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.

Honours and decoration
On 14 April 2000, Stringer was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 'in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Gulf during the period 1 April to 30 September 1999'.