Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton visites RAF Wittering

The head of the RAF visited his former base to speak about the future of the air force.

Air Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, Chief of the Air Staff, dropped into RAF Wittering towards the end of last month.

Sir Rich served as station commander at the base from 2009 to 2011, where he was also the RAF’s Logistics Force Commander.

On his visit to Wittering, he was joined by Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Rich Maddison and Warrant Officer Murugesvaran Subramaniam.

Sir Rich is the RAF’s first non-pilot leader since the service was founded 105 years ago. He was appointed to the position in June.

He made links to the RAF as a university cadet while studying engineering at Clare College, Cambridge.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Bath in the 2022 Birthday Honours.

Since taking on the top job he has been visiting RAF bases across the country to share his vision for the air force.

by Sophie Robinson