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 ...
Robert Geoffrey Peters, (born 22 August 1940) is a former
Royal Air Force
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officer who served as Commandant of the
RAF Staff College, Bracknell
The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of air force matters. It ...
.
RAF career
Educated at
St Paul's School, London
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, Peters joined the
Royal Air Force
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in 1961.
['']Who's Who
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2010'', A & C Black
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, 2010, He became Officer Commanding
No. 10 Squadron in 1977, a staff officer at the Directorate of Forward Policy (RAF) in 1979 and Personal Staff Officer to the Deputy
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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in 1981.
[ He went on to be Station Commander at ]RAF St Mawgan
Royal Air Force St Mawgan or more simply RAF St Mawgan is a Royal Air Force station near St Mawgan and Newquay in Cornwall, England. In 2008 the runway part of the site was handed over to Newquay Airport. The remainder of the station continu ...
in 1984, air attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1987 and Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell
The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of air force matters. It ...
in 1990 before retiring in 1993.
References
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1940 births
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Living people
Royal Air Force air marshals
People educated at St Paul's School, London