Air Marshal Sir Timothy Ivo Jenner, (born 31 December 1945) is a retired senior

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commander who since retirement has worked for

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RAF career

Educated at Maidstone Grammar School, Jenner joined the Royal Air Force in 1964 (commissioned 1967). He trained as a

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) helicopter pilot in 1968 and on 15 August 1969 he became the first pilot to land a Wessex helicopter in

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at the start of

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. From 1976 he flew

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s.Timothy Jenner at Debrett's People of Today
/ref> He became Officer Commanding No. 33 Squadron in 1982, Military Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Commitments) in 1985 and Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel) in 1986. He went on to be Station Commander of

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in 1987, Deputy Director of Air Force Plans in 1990 and Director of Defence Programmes in 1992. After that he was appointed Air Officer Plans at Headquarters Strike Command in 1993, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Costs Review) in 1993 and

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in 1996. His final appointments were as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Strike Command in 1998 and as Commander of the Combined Air Operations Centre in 2000 before he retired in 2001. He was appointed a

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in the Birthday Honours 2000. In retirement he became Chairman of Serco Defence & Aerospace. He is Chairman of

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Parish Council in

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.Parish Councils
Daventry District Council

Family

In 1968 he married Susan Stokes: they have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenner, Timothy Living people Royal Air Force air marshals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society People from Maidstone 1945 births People educated at Maidstone Grammar School