David Cooper

Air Vice-Marshal David John Edwin Cooper, is a British retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

RAF career Cooper was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 27 March 1988. He became officer commanding No. 617 Squadron RAF in April 2008. He went on to be Station Commander RAF Marham in November 2011, Director Air Operations for NATO in November 2013 and Joint Force Air Component Commander in Afghanistan in November 2014. He became the Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF in June 2017. He retired from the RAF on 25 May 2020.

Cooper was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for service on his tour in Afghanistan as Joint Force Air Component Commander.