Alan White (RAF officer)

Alan White

Born|  (1932-03-11) 11 March 1932 (age 92)
Allegiance| United Kingdom
Service/branch| Royal Air Force
Years of service| 1956–87
Rank| Air Vice-Marshal
Commands| RAF Staff College, Bracknell
RAF Leuchars
Battles/wars| Laotian Civil War
Awards| Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross

Air Vice-Marshal George Alan White, CB, AFC (born 11 March 1932) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.

## RAF career

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Educated at Wallace High School in Lisburn, Queen's University Belfast and the University of London, White joined the Royal Air Force in 1956.[1] After seeing action at Chiang Mai during the Laotian Civil War in the early 1960s[2] and then serving with Middle East Command in the late 1960s, he then became Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron in 1970, followed by appointments as Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1973, Director of Operations (Air Defence and Overseas) in 1977 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 11 Group in 1979.[1] He went on to be Air Commodore Plans at Strike Command in 1981, Deputy Commander Royal Air Force Germany in 1982 and Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1984 before retiring in 1987.[3]

## Further reading

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* White, Alan (2009). Lightning Up: The Career of Air Vice-Marshal Alan White CB AFC FRAES RAF. Pen & Sword Aviation. ISBN 978-1848840218.

## References

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1. ^ a b Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. ^ "Lightning up". Naval Military Press. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
3. ^ "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2015.

Military offices

Preceded by

Anthony Skingsley

|  Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell
1984–1987  | Succeeded by

Derek Bryant