Military Aviation Authority

The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) is the UK organisation which regulates, audits and assures all aspects of military aviation.

The MAA was created on 1 April 2010 as a result of the recommendations of the Haddon-Cave Review into the crash of RAF Nimrod XV230 over Afghanistan in September 2006

Principal Personnel
The MAA is led by the Director-General, currently Air Marshal Timo Anderson with two principal deputies,
 * Operations Director - Rear Admiral Simon Charlier
 * Technical Director - Air Vice-Marshal Charles Ness