Julian Young (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Julian Alexander Young, KBE, CB, FREng is a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served as Chief of Materiel – Air at Defence Equipment and Support.

Sir Julian Young
Young in 2018
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1980 –
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldAir Member for Materiel (2016–)
RAF Cosford (2002–03)
Battles/warsGulf War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

RAF career

Young was commissioned into the RAF on 31 August 1980.[1] He became Station Commander at RAF Cosford in 2002.[2] He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff at RAF Air Command in February 2007, Director of Defence Support Review in August 2009 and Chief of Staff Support at RAF Air Command in December 2010.[2] After that he became Technical Director & Chief Information Officer at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2012, Director Helicopters at Defence Equipment and Support in February 2015[3] and Chief of Materiel (Air) at Defence Equipment and Support in April 2016.[4]

Young was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 New Year Honours[5] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016.[6] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours.[7]

References
  1. "No. 48460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1980. p. 17815.
  2. "Air Vice Marshal Julian Young". IET. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. "Air Vice Marshal Julian Young". Mach Exhibition. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 2.
  6. "New Fellows 2016: Air Marshal Julian Young". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  7. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N7.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Simon Bollom		 Chief of Materiel – Air, Defence Equipment and Support
and Air Member for Materiel
2016–2020		 Succeeded by
Richard Thompson
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