Ian Michael Stewart

Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1969–2003
Rank	Air vice-marshal
Commands	Air Secretary; Harrier Field Force; RAF Gutersloh; No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Air Force Cross

Air Vice Marshal Ian Michael Stewart, CB, AFC is a former senior commander in the Royal Air Force who served as Air Secretary from 1998 until his retirement in 2003.

RAF career

Stewart joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a pilot in 1969. He flew Harriers, commanded No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron and went on to be Station Commander at RAF Gutersloh and to command the Harrier Field Force in Germany.^[1] He became Air Secretary in 1998 before retiring in 2003.^[2] He was a member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body from 2005 to 2011. In retirement he worked for the Defence Vetting Agency in the Gloucestershire / Herefordshire area and was Chairman of Marsden Weighing Machine Group from 2007 to November 2019.^[1] From 2017 to June 2020 he served as the Personnel Director on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Office of Manpower Economics". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
^ Senior Royal Air Force Appointments
^ "The Management Team". GWSR Railway. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by Robert'Brien	Air Secretary 1998–2003	Succeeded by Graham Miller