Richard Johns

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Richard Johns
28 July 1939 -
Image:Sir Richard Johns.jpg Sir Richard Johns, the Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, leading the procession to the Garter service in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Allegiance	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service/branch	Image:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Awards	GCB, KCVO,CBE
Other work	Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns GCB, KCVO, CBE (born 28 July 1939) is a former Chief of the Air Staff.

Contents 1 RAF career 2 Later career 3 References 4 Further reading

[edit] RAF career

Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and RAF College Cranwell, Johns was commissioned in 1959. He underwent flying training on Piston Provosts and Gloster Meteors. Johns went on to fly Hunters in Aden. He also became a Qualified Flying Instructor and, notably, he trained the Prince of Wales to wings standard on the Jet Provost.

In 1982 be came Station Commander and Harrier Force Commander at RAF Gütersloh. Following various other appointments he went on to be Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group in 1991, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Strike Command in 1993 and Commander-in-Chief Strike Command in 1994.

He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1997 to 2000.

[edit] Later career

He has been Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle since 2000. Buckingham Palace has announced that Sir Richard will be succeeded in this post from 1 February 2008 by Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Jenkins, CB, CVO^[1].

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Goodall, Ray, Wing Commander et al. (2000). Air Power. Disc 1, CD-ROM. Royal Air Force.

Military offices
Preceded by R A F Wilson	Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group 1991–1993	Succeeded by P T Squire
Preceded by Sir John Thomson	Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 1994	Succeeded by Sir William Wratten
Preceded by Sir Michael Graydon	Chief of the Air Staff 1997–2000	Succeeded by Sir Peter Squire
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Patrick Palmer	Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle 2000–	Incumbent

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