Alan Gillespie
British military aviation officer
About Alan Gillespie
Alan Gillespie was a British air force officer.
Air Marshal Alan Kenneth Gillespie is a senior Royal Air Force officer. He currently serves as the Director General of the Defence Safety Authority.
RAF career Gillespie was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1988. He became commanding officer of No. 23 Squadron in 2008, commander No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan in 2009 and station commander RAF Waddington in 2011.
He succeeded Steve Shell as Director General of the Defence Safety Authority and was promoted to air marshal in November 2024.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 New Year Honours.
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