Clive Bairsto

Clive A Bairsto
Clive A Bairsto
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Rank	Air Commodore
Commands held	RAF Leuchars; 83 EAG; RAF Akrotiri; Tornado F3 OEU

Air Commodore Clive Arthur Bairsto CBE is a former Royal Air Force officer and former Air Officer Scotland and Station Commander RAF Leuchars. He was replaced by Air Commodore R J Atkinson on 13 March 2009 and took the post of Head of International Policy and Planning (Military) at the Ministry of Defence on 23 March 2009.^[1]

Over his career, he has held numerous commands including:

1998 - 2001 Tornado F3 Operational Evaluation Unit, RAF Coningsby (Wg Cdr)
2001 United Kingdom force Operation RESINATE (North), Incirlik, Turkey (Gp Capt)
2005 Station Commander RAF Akrotiri / Commander of the Western SBA, Cyprus (Gp Capt)
2006 AOC 83 Expeditionary Air Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (Air Cdre)
2007 Station Commander / Officer Commanding No 125 Expeditionary Air Wing / Air Officer Scotland RAF Leuchars (Air Cdre)
2009 Head of International Policy and Planning (Military)
2012 Seconded from MOD to be Director of Integration and Readiness, Government Olympic Executive, within Department of Culture Media and Sport.
2013 After retiring from the RAF, became Global Head of Business, Resilience at National Grid plc.

Bairsto was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.^[2]

References

Military offices
Preceded by B M North	Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group 2006 – 2007	Succeeded by M J Harwood
Preceded by J Stinton	Station Commander RAF Leuchars 2007 – 2009	Succeeded by R J Atkinson
Preceded by J Stinton	Officer Commanding No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing 2007 – 2009	Succeeded by R J Atkinson
Preceded by J Stinton	Air Officer Scotland 2007 – 2009	Succeeded by R J Atkinson

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