Philip Osborn

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Philip Osborn
Air Marshal Osborn in 2019
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1982–2019
RankAir Marshal
CommandsNo. 2 Group
RAF Marham
No. 13 Squadron
Battles / warsIraq War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Marshal Philip Colin Osborn, CBE, FRAeS is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2015 to 2018.

RAF career

Osborn joined the Royal Air Force in 1982.[1] After training as a Tornado navigator, he became commanding officer of No. 13 Squadron and then Station Commander at RAF Marham.[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in October 2010, Chief of Staff Operations and Support at RAF Air Command in 2012 and Director Capability at Joint Forces Command in 2013.[1] He became Chief of Defence Intelligence in January 2015.[2]

Osborn was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS).[4]

Osborn officially retired from the Royal Air Force on 13 October 2019.[5]

Later life

In retirement, Osborn maintained links with the Royal Air Force and became chairman of the RAF Charitable Trust in June 2020,[6][7] and became a non-executive director for Lincolnshire-based defence company, Inzpire, in April 2020.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Air Marshal P C Osborn CBE RAF" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-service Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Air Marshal Phil Osborn on Intelligence and Information Advantage in a Contested World". RUSI. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 62850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 2019. p. 22300.
  6. ^ "Tornado Man Named as New Chairman". The Royal International Air Tattoo. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ^ "New Chairman for RAFCT". The Royal International Air Tattoo. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Inzpire". Inzpire.
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of Defence Intelligence
2015–2018 		Succeeded by