Alan White (RAF officer)

Alan White
Born	11 March 1932
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1956 - 1987
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands held	RAF Leuchars RAF Staff College, Bracknell
Battles/wars	Laotian Civil War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross

Air Vice Marshal George Alan White CB, AFC (born 11 March 1932) is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.

RAF career

Educated at Wallace High School in Lisburn, Queen's University Belfast and the University of London, White joined the Royal Air Force in 1956.^[1] After seeing action at Chiang Mai during the Laotian Civil War in the early 1960s^[2] and then serving with Middle East Command in the late 1960s, he became Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1973, Director of Operations (Air Defence and Overseas) in 1977 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 11 Group RAF in 1979.^[1] He went on to be Air Commodore Plans at RAF Strike Command in 1981, Deputy Commander Royal Air Force Germany in 1982 and Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1984 before retiring in 1987.^[3]

Further reading

• White, Alan (2009). Lightning Up: The Career of Air Vice-Marshal Alan White CB AFC FRAES RAF. Pen & Sword Aviation. ISBN 978-1848840218.

References

1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. "Lightning up". Naval Military Press. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
3. "Senior Royal Air Force appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2015.