Michael Smeath
Michael Smeath | |
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_(Smeath_cropped).jpg) Smeath in 2018 | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1989 – present |
| Rank | Air Commodore |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Commodore Michael John Smeath CBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer.
RAF career
Smeath was commissioned into the RAF on 15 January 1989.[1] He served as officer commanding No. 34 Squadron.[2] He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Honington in 2014,[3] Liaison Officer to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in July 2017 and Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in August 2018.[4] In February 2020 Smeath was appointed Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. with effect from August 2020.[5]
Smeath was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Birthday Honours[6] and advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 New Year Honours.[7]
References
- ^ "No. 52254". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1990. p. 13859.
- ^ "RAF Leeming squadron rewarded for exceptional service". Harrogate Advertiser. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "New station commander at RAF Honington". Bury Free Press. 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments" (PDF). September 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Senior Appointments 10 February 2020". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "No. 56237". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2001. p. 7.
- ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N7.