About Alastair Reid
Born 1961. Alastair Reid is a military officer and physician.
Air Vice-Marshal Alastair Norman Crawford Reid, is a senior Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor.
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. 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. Reid was acting Surgeon General after Lieutenant General Martin Bricknell.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours.
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Who is Alastair Reid?
British Royal Air Force officer and physician
When was Alastair Reid born?
Alastair Reid was born on 23 June 1961.
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Alastair Reid is a military officer and physician.
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