Background
HARDING, Air Chief Marshal Peter Robin. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath was born on December 2, 1933. Son of Peter Harding and Elizabeth Kezia Clear.
HARDING, Air Chief Marshal Peter Robin. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath was born on December 2, 1933. Son of Peter Harding and Elizabeth Kezia Clear.
Chingford High School.
Joined Royal Air Force 1952. Pilot 12 Squadron 1954-1957. QFI and Flight Commander Royal Air Force College, Cranwell 1957-1960.
Pilot 1 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 1960-1962.
Staff college 1963; Air Secretary’s Department, Ministry of Defence 1964-1966. Commanding Officer 18 Squadron, Gutersloh and Acklington 1966-1969.
Jt. services staff college 1969-1970; Defence Policy Staff, Ministry of Defence 1970-1971, Director Air Staff Briefing 1971-1974.
Commander Royal Air Force Briiggen 1974-1976.
Director Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence 1976-1978. Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe 1978-1980. Air Commanding Officer Number 11 Group 1981-1982.
Vice-Chief Air Staff 1982-1984, of Defence Staff 1985.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Royal Air Force Strike Command, and Commander in Chief United Kingdom Air Forces 1985-1988. Chief of Air Staff December since 1988.
Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen 1975, Air Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen 1988. Council; professional.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust since 1990.
Married Sheila Rosemary May in 1955.