Alastair Reid (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal Alastair Norman Crawford Reid, CB, QHP is a senior Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor.

Alastair Reid
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1993–Present
RankAir Vice-Marshal
UnitRAF Medical Services
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

RAF career

Educated at the University of Glasgow, Reid served as general practitioner in the National Health Service before joining the Royal Air Force in 1993.[1] He became Air Officer Medical Operations, No. 38 Group in April 2014, Head Medical Strategy, Policy and Personnel, Headquarters Surgeon General in June 2016 and Defence Medical Director, Headquarters Surgeon General in June 2018.[2] Reid was acting Surgeon General after Lieutenant General Martin Bricknell.[3][4]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours.[5]

References
  1. "HQ Surgeon General, Ministry of Defence United Kingdom". Events Cloud. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. "Senior Appointments". RAF. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. "Defence Medical Services head appointed". GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. "Joint Forces Command senior, as of March 2019". assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. UK Ministry of Defence. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020. AVM Alastair Reid Acting Surgeon General
  5. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N3.
Military offices
Preceded by
Martin Bricknell		 Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces
2019 – 2019		 Incumbent
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