Raf Officer John Thompson

Air Marshal John Hugh Thompson, CB (18 September 1947 – 15 March 2023) was a British Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C.

John Thompson
Born(1947-09-18)18 September 1947
Died15 March 2023(2023-03-15) (aged 75)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1970–2002
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldRoyal Air Force College Cranwell
RAF Wittering
Battles/warsBosnian War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

RAF career

Educated at Fielding High School in New Zealand, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force in 1970. He became Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1988, Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Rheindahlen in 1993 and an assistant to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996. He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1997 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2000 before retiring in 2002.

Thompson died on 15 March 2023, at the age of 75.

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Military offices
Preceded by Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C.
2000–2002
Succeeded by

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