David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE (born 17 September 1929) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1950s, a squadron commander in the 1960s and a station commander in the 1970s. He served as Chief of the Air Staff during the late 1980s, when the Boeing Airborne early warning and control system was ordered and the European Fighter programme was being developed. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff during the Gulf War. He was granted a life peerage as Baron Craig of Radley after his retirement from active service in 1991, sitting as a crossbencher. As of 2022, he is the last living officer in the British Armed Forces to have held a five-star rank whilst on active service.
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David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley GCB, OBE (* 17. September 1929 in Dublin) ist ein britischer Marshal of the Royal Air Force im Ruhestand und Mitglied im House of Lords.
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Le Maréchal de la Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, baron Craig de Radley, GCB , OBE (né le 17 septembre 1929) est un officier retraité de la Royal Air Force et membre de la Chambre des lords. Il est pilote de jet rapide dans les années 1950, commandant d'escadron dans les années 1960 et commandant de station dans les années 1970. Il occupe le poste de chef d'état-major de la Force aérienne à la fin des années 1980, lorsque le système d'alerte rapide et de contrôle de Boeing Airborne est commandé et que le programme de chasse européen est en cours de développement. Il est ensuite chef d'état-major des armées pendant la Guerre du Golfe. Il obtient une pairie à vie en tant que baron Craig de Radley après sa retraite du service actif en 1991, siégeant comme pair crossbencher.
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David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
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David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
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David Craig
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The Lord Craig of Radley
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The Lord Craig of Radley
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On either side a double-headed eagle wings displayed per pale gules and azure, beaked and legged or, that to the dexter charged on the breast with two keys in saltire wards upwards also gold and that to the sinister charged on the breast with a rose argent barbed and seeded proper; a compartment comprising a grassy mount traversed palewise by a runway both proper bordered by four crosses formy gules.
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1929-09-17
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Official portrait, 2020
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Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE (born 17 September 1929) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1950s, a squadron commander in the 1960s and a station commander in the 1970s. He served as Chief of the Air Staff during the late 1980s, when the Boeing Airborne early warning and control system was ordered and the European Fighter programme was being developed. He then served as Chief of the Defence Staff during the Gulf War. He was granted a life peerage as Baron Craig of Radley after his retirement from active service in 1991, sitting as a crossbencher. As of 2022, he is the last living officer in the British Armed Forces to have held a five-star rank whilst on active service.
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David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley GCB, OBE (* 17. September 1929 in Dublin) ist ein britischer Marshal of the Royal Air Force im Ruhestand und Mitglied im House of Lords.
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Le Maréchal de la Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, baron Craig de Radley, GCB , OBE (né le 17 septembre 1929) est un officier retraité de la Royal Air Force et membre de la Chambre des lords. Il est pilote de jet rapide dans les années 1950, commandant d'escadron dans les années 1960 et commandant de station dans les années 1970. Il occupe le poste de chef d'état-major de la Force aérienne à la fin des années 1980, lorsque le système d'alerte rapide et de contrôle de Boeing Airborne est commandé et que le programme de chasse européen est en cours de développement. Il est ensuite chef d'état-major des armées pendant la Guerre du Golfe. Il obtient une pairie à vie en tant que baron Craig de Radley après sa retraite du service actif en 1991, siégeant comme pair crossbencher.
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Riding from an astral crown or a knight on horseback in full armour, his dexter hand holding a broken tilting spear, all proper, his helm surmounted by three ostrich plumes gules, argent and sable.
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Ermine, an arrow in bend gules feathered or, the point upwards proper, transfixing a mullet vert, over all on a chevron sable three delta figures argent.
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Convenor of the Crossbench Peers
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1991
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