Ian Michael Stewart

British air force officer

For the air commodore, see Ian Stewart (RAF officer).

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

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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]

## References

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

Military offices

Preceded by

Robert'Brien

|  Air Secretary
1998–2003  | Succeeded by

Graham Miller