Glenn Torpy

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Glenn Torpy

Air Chief Marshal

Air Chief Marshal is a senior air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force . The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-speci...
Sir Glenn Lester Torpy, GCB

Order of the Bath

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
, DSO

Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
, ADC

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state....
, BSc

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an bachelor's degree academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
, RAF

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
(born July 27 1953) is the current Chief of the Air Staff.

Military career
Torpy joined the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

Pilot Officer

Pilot Officer is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth of Nations countries. It ranks immediately below Flying Officer....
on 8 September 1974 after obtaining a BSc

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an bachelor's degree academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
degree in from Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a United Kingdom university in London that focuses primarily on science, engineering, medicine and business.Imperial is regularly placed in the top three in the Times National University League Table along with Oxford and Cambridge....
.

His early career, after he left the RAF College Cranwell, involved flying duties on Jaguar

SEPECAT Jaguar

The SEPECAT Jaguar is an United Kingdom-France jet ground attack aircraft still in service with several export customers, notably the Indian Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman....
aircraft before qualifying as a weapons instructor

Qualified Weapons Instructor

Qualified Weapons Instructor is a qualification given to graduates of the Royal Air Force or Royal Navy Qualified Weapons Instructor course. It is the equivalent to the USAF Fighter Weapons School Course or US Navy's TOPGUN school....
on Hawk aircraft.

His early commands included a tour as a Squadron Commander on Tornado

Panavia Tornado

The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine combat aircraft, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary Panavia Tornado variants of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS Ground attack aircraft, the electronic warfare Tornado ECR and the Panavia Tornado ADV Interceptor aircraft....
aircraft before being appointed Officer Commanding No 13 Squadron.

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Military career

Torpy joined the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

Pilot Officer

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an bachelor's degree academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
degree in from Imperial College London

Imperial College London

SEPECAT Jaguar

Qualified Weapons Instructor

Panavia Tornado

Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
, Torpy saw active service with No 13 Squadron and was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order

Distinguished Service Order

RAF Bruggen

The former Royal Air Force Station Br?ggen, more commonly known as RAF Br?ggen, in Germany was a major station of the Royal Air Force until June 15, 2001....
in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. He was then appointed Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters

Permanent Joint Headquarters

The Permanent Joint Headquarters is the United Kingdom tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled....
in Northwood.

From 2001 to 2003 he was Air Officer Commanding Number One Group

No. 1 Group RAF

Number 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations Group in RAF Air Command.The group is today referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft, including Joint Force Harrier, and has seven airfields in the UK plus RAF Unit Goose Bay in Canada, which is used extensively as an operationa...
. From 2003 to 2004 he was Deputy Commander-in-chief at Strike Command

Strike Command

Strike Command, a military formation, can mean either:*RAF Strike Command *United States Strike Command ...
. On 26 July 2004 he was appointed Chief of Joint Operations

Chief of Joint Operations

Chief of Joint Operations is the appointment held by the 3 star rank Officer that heads the Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood Headquarters, North London....
at the Permanent Joint Headquarters

Permanent Joint Headquarters

The Permanent Joint Headquarters is the United Kingdom tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled....
in Northwood.

Honours

Torpy was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
(CBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours, and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
(KCB) in the 2005 New Year Honours. He was appointed as Chief of the Air Staff and an Air Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
on 13 April 2006 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup

Jock Stirrup

Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup Order of the Bath, Air Force Cross , Doctor of Science, Royal Aeronautical Society Chartered Management Institute Royal Air Force , commonly known as Sir Jock Stirrup, was a fast jet pilot and is now a senior Royal Air Force commander....
. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. In addition to his British honours, Torpy was awarded the Legion of Merit (Degree of Officer)

Legion of Merit

The Legion of Merit is a Awards and decorations of the United States military of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements....
from the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
in 'recognition of gallant and distinguished services during coalition operations in Iraq

Gulf War

Future

On 16 October 2008, the MOD

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
announced that Stephen Dalton

Stephen Dalton

Air Marshal Stephen Gary George Dalton Order of the Bath Bachelor of Science Royal Aeronautical Society Chartered Management Institute Royal Air Force is the current Deputy Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Air Member for Personnel, Royal Air Force RAF Air Command and is Chief of the Air Staff ....
will succeed Torpy as Chief of the Air Staff on 31 July 2009.

Personal life

He married Christine Jackson in 1977.

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