Air and Space Commander
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The Air and Space Commander is the senior Royal Air Force officer responsible for the conduct of air operations. The current Air and Space Commander is Air Marshal Allan Marshall who has been serving in the position since March 2024.
Marshall is married to Air Marshal Suraya Marshall. Air Marshal Suraya Marshal became Deputy Commander, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command in 2025, having been promoted and reassigned from being an air vice-marshal and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
The Air and Space Commander supervises 1 Group, 2 Group, 11 Group (with 83 EAG within it); 22 Group, and United Kingdom Space Command.
Previous post-holders
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Operations)
- Air Marshal Iain McNicoll, 26 February 2007 – 13 April 2010 (appointed as DC-in-C Strike Command)
- Air Marshal Richard Garwood, 14 April 2010 to Spring 2012
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
- Air Marshal Richard Garwood, Spring 2012 to April 2013
- Air Marshal Greg Bagwell, 16 April 2013 to June 2016
- Air Marshal Stuart Atha, June 2016 to May 2019
- Air Marshal Sir Gerry Mayhew, May 2019 to August 2022
- Air Marshal Harv Smyth, August 2022 to 2023
Air and Space Commander
- Air Marshal Harv Smyth, 2023 to March 2024
- Air Marshal Allan Marshall, March 2024