Air Vice Marshal Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many Commonwealth of Nations, countries which have historical British infl ...

Graham Skinner, (born 1945) is a retired

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officer.

RAF career

Educated at

Hampton School Hampton School is a fee-charging, boys-only private day school in Hampton, London, England. As of the 2024–2025 academic year, the school charges a minimum of £26,040 per year for attendance. Until 1975, the school was a voluntary aided gram ...

, the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

and

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

, Skinner joined the

in 1963. He served at Strike Command during the

Gulf War , combatant2 = , commander1 = , commander2 = , strength1 = Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems , page = https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-96- ...

and went on to be Director of Logistics Policy and then Director of in-service support for the

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and

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programmes before becoming Commander-in-Chief of

Logistics Command The Pakistan Navy Logistics Command is one of the six principal Command (military formation), commands-in-field of the Pakistan Navy, operating under the command and control, authority of the Commander Logistics (COMLOG), a role held by a flag o ...

in September 1999. He left the post in October 1999 on the disbandment of the command. In retirement he became Clerk of the

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.Past Officials
The Worshipful Company of Engineers

Family

In 1969 Skinner married Margaret; they have a son and a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skinner, Graham 1945 births Alumni of Loughborough University Alumni of the University of Bristol Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Living people People educated at Hampton School Royal Air Force air marshals Royal Air Force personnel of the Gulf War Masters of the Worshipful Company of Engineers