Gary Wilcox

Warrant Officer Gary Wilcox is a retired Royal Air Force (RAF) airman and military aircraft engineering technician. He was the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, taking post on , until his retirement in ; making him the most senior other rank (OR) member of the RAF during that time.

Military career Aircraftman (AC) Wilcox entered Royal Air Force military trade training at RAF Halton as an apprentice aircraft engineering mechanic in October 1974, as part of entry number 124. During his time in training, he represented the RAF in football and athletics. Upon completion of trade training, his first posting (a term used by the British Armed Forces when one is officially sent to a new unit location) was to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, to work on Avro Vulcan bombers, carrying out second-line maintenance. In 1978, after further trade training (Fitters course), he attained a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Mechanical Engineering, and was promoted to corporal (Cpl).