Career
Stevenson was commissioned into the Flying Branch as a flying officer from the ranks of the Royal Air Force on 25 February 1982. He conducted his flying training in the United States of America on the T-37 and T-38 aircraft, completing using the Hawk in the United Kingdom. As Officer Commanding Number. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, Wing Commander Stevenson commanded the detachment of Harrier GR.7 aircraft deployed during the Sierra Leone crisis, the first operation conducted by the combined Royal Air Force/Royal Navy Joint Force Harrier.
Stevenson served as Station Commander Royal Air Force Wittering for two years and, on promotion to air commodore, was appointed Air Commodore Force Development Headquarters in Number.
1 Group on 27 November 2006. Stevenson was appointed to the newly created North Atlantic Treaty Organization post of Commander Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in July 2007.
He then became Commandant Royal Air Force College Cranwell and Director of Recruiting in April 2008. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.
