Andrew Pulford

Sir Andrew Pulford
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford c. 2013
Born	(1958-03-22) 22 March 1958 (age 66)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1977–2016
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands held	Chief of the Air Staff (2013–16) Air Member for Personnel (2010–13) No. 2 Group (2007–08) RAF Odiham (2001–03) No. 18 Squadron (1996–98)
Battles/wars	Falklands War Operation Banner Iraq War Operation Telic
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Douglas Pulford, GCB, CBE, ADC (born 22 March 1958)^[1] is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander. A helicopter pilot with operational service in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and Iraq War, Pulford commanded RAF Odiham and No. 2 Group, and served as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff Operations, before taking up the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel at Air Command and Air Member for Personnel in 2010. He became Chief of the Air Staff on 31 July 2013, retiring from the Royal Air Force on 12 July 2016.