Paul Luker

Paul Luker
Born 8 July 1951
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1968–2006
Rank Air Vice-Marshal
Commands held No. 7 Squadron
RAF Odiham
Joint Helicopter Command
Battles/wars Gulf War
Bosnian War
Afghanistan War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Air Force Cross
Bronze Star

Air Vice-Marshal Paul Douglas Luker CB, OBE, AFC, DL is a former Commander of Joint Helicopter Command.

RAF career

Luker joined the RAF in 1968, trained as a support helicopter pilot and served in Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Persian Gulf, the Balkans and Belize.[1] He became Officer Commanding No. 7 Squadron and then Station Commander at RAF Odiham.[2] After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, he went on to be Director of Overseas Military Activity at the Ministry of Defence in 1998[3] and then Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in 2002, and latterly served for seven months as Deputy Commander of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan before retiring in 2006.[1]

Other interests

From 2006 to 2016 he served as Chief Executive of the Council of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations,[4] Secretary General of the UK Reserve Forces Association and, for the final 5 years acted as Clerk to the RFCA External Scrutiny Team, drafting their annual report to Parliament.[5] He is Chairman of Blind Veterans UK,[6] Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire,[7] Honorary President of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wing of the Air Training Corps[1] and a trustee of CVQO.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Biography: Air Vice-Marshal Paul Douglas Luker Archived 23 April 2013 at Archive.is Blind Veterans
  2. ↑ Senior Officer becomes HIOW Wing Honorary President
  3. ↑ Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Senior Posts
  4. ↑ "New Chief for Council of RFCAs - Highland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association". Hrfca.co.uk. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  5. ↑ "External Scrutiny Team" (PDF). Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Patron and governing body - Blind Veterans UK". Blindveterans.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Vice-Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants". .hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  8. ↑ "Air Vice Marshal P D Luker | Who's who @ CVQO | CVQO | Improving Lives Through Vocational Education". CVQO. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
Military offices
Preceded by
David Niven		 Commander, Joint Helicopter Command
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Gary Coward
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