Michael Knight (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael William Patrick Knight KCB AFC (born 23 November 1932) is a former senior Royal Air Force commander. He is well respected and renowned for his various charity projects, especially for the ″Vulcan to the Sky″ cause.

RAF career
Knight joined the Royal Air Force in 1953. He was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1980, Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1983 and UK Military Representative to NATO in 1986. He retired in 1989. He is now still actively involved with various charity and RAF related projects, maybe most notably, the ″Vulcan to the Sky″ project.

In retirement he was Chairman of the Air League.

Family
In 1967 he married Patricia Ann Davies; they have one son, two daughters and three grand daughters. Knight enjoys rugby and music in his spare time.