| Air and Space Commander | |
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| Royal Air Force | |
| Abbreviation | ASC |
| Member of | Air Force Board |
| Reports to | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Appointer | The King |
| Website | Official Website |
The Air and Space Commander is the senior Royal Air Force officer responsible for the conduct of air operations.1 The current Air and Space Commander is Air Marshal Allan Marshall who has been serving in the position since March 2024.1
Marshall is married to Air Marshal Suraya Marshall.2 Air Marshal Suraya Marshal became Deputy Commander, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command in 2025, having been promoted and reassigned from being an air vice-marshal and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.3
The Air and Space Commander supervises 1 Group, 2 Group, 11 Group (with 83 EAG within it); 22 Group, and United Kingdom Space Command.
Previous post-holders
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Operations)
- Air Marshal Iain McNicoll, 26 February 20074 – 13 April 2010 (appointed as DC-in-C Strike Command)
- Air Marshal Richard Garwood, 14 April 201056 to Spring 2012
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
- Air Marshal Richard Garwood, Spring 2012 to April 2013
- Air Marshal Greg Bagwell, 16 April 2013 to June 20167
- Air Marshal Stuart Atha, June 2016 to May 2019
- Air Marshal Sir Gerry Mayhew, May 2019 to August 2022
- Air Marshal Harv Smyth, August 2022 to 2023
- Air and Space Commander
- Air Marshal Harv Smyth, 2023 to March 2024
- Air Marshal Allan Marshall, March 202489
References
References
- "Deputy Commander Operations". 28 August 2022.
- "Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall". International Bomber Command Centre. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- "Air Marshal Suraya Marshall CBE". Cyber & Specialist Operations Command. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- RAF Air Rank Appointments List 08/06 of 25 Sep 2006 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- RAF Air Rank Appointments List 02/10 of 31 Mar 2010 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- RAF Air Rank Appointments List 04/10 of 18 Jun 2010 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- "Ups and outs July 2013". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- "No. 64341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 2024. p. 5003.
- "Senior Appointments: 2023". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
Air Vice-Marshal A P Marshall OBE to be promoted Air Marshal and to be Air and Space Commander in March 2024 in succession to Air Marshal H Smyth CB OBE DFC.