Harry Atkinson

Air Commodore Richard John Atkinson, (born ) is a senior Royal Air Force officer and former Air Officer Scotland.

RAF career Atkinson joined the Royal Air Force in 1982. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 25 (Fighter) Squadron at RAF Leeming in 2003, Deputy Director, Strategic Planning in the Ministry of Defence in 2005 and was then deployed as Deputy Director, Air Control Element, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force, Kabul in 2008.

Atkinson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours.

After retiring from the RAF, he became Director of Marketing And Communication at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.