Air Secretary

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Air Secretary

The Air Secretary and Chief of Staff, Personnel[1] is the Royal Air Force officer with responsibility for appointments, promotions, postings, and discipline of high ranking members of the British air force. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as "Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre".[2] It is a senior RAF appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of air vice-marshal and appointed by the sovereign. The Air Secretary's counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary and the Royal Navy equivalent is the Naval Secretary.

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Air Secretary and Chief of Staff, Personnel
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Ensign of the Royal Air Force
(Air Sec Command Flag)
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Incumbent
Air Vice-Marshal Simon Edwards
since August 2023
Ministry of Defence
StyleAir Vice-Marshal
AbbreviationCOS Pers/Air Sec
Reports toChief of the Air Staff
AppointerSovereign of the United Kingdom
Formation4 February 1957
First holderAir Marshal Sir Anthony Skingsley
WebsiteOfficial website
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The following officers have held the post:[3]

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