Background
Richardson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 13 May 1941, and joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1961.
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Robert Richardson
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He completed pilots course and was posted to Number.
Career
He was the Air Officer Commanding Training Command 1992 to 1993, and Deputy Chief of Air Force in 1997. 77 Squadron to fly the Dassault Mirage III in Malaysia, Singapore and North Borneo. He flew posted to Thailand and flew the Dassault Mirage III at Number.
79 Squadron.
Richardson posted to Basic Flying Training School and instructed from 1966 to 1967. At the completion of the course he was posted to the Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh. He was actively involved in the operational development of the Royal Australian Air Force"s Mirages, F/A-18 Hornets and F111Cs, flying 5500 hours in over 40 types from sailplanes to the F-16 and F/A-18.
In 1986 to 1987 Richardson commanded the Aircraft Research and Development Unit.
In his later career he specialised in strategic Defence planning (he was co-author of the 1994 Government White Paper on Defence) and in Royal Australian Air Force personnel management, finally spending several years as an air vice-marshal looking after Royal Australian Air Force personnel and budgetary resources and later Deputy Chief of Air Force. After part-time Reserve duty conducting a major review of the Defence Cadets organisation, Richardson retired from the Royal Australian Air Force in 2003.
Richardson is an Alpaca and Merino woolgrower at Bowning, New South Wales.
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Australia