Air Officer possibly misidentified
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Air Officer possibly misidentified
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Secret diary of a civil servant: This government is already leaking like a sieve | Secret diary of a civil servant | Politics | The Observer
The officer with Liam Fox seems to be an Air Commodore, if I read the shoulder boards correctly.
A Google search for Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston only produces images of the chief of defence staff in the Royal Australian Air Force, a clean-shaven pilot.
Does anybody agree the Grauniad team has the wrong name ? If so, can anybody supply the correct name ?
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The newspaper accepted the mistake by email on 5 October. New readers will find the photograph correctly naming ACM Simon Bryant. I had not realised how looooong those shoulder boards are ! RLSB
Secret diary of a civil servant: This government is already leaking like a sieve | Secret diary of a civil servant | Politics | The Observer
The officer with Liam Fox seems to be an Air Commodore, if I read the shoulder boards correctly.
A Google search for Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston only produces images of the chief of defence staff in the Royal Australian Air Force, a clean-shaven pilot.
Does anybody agree the Grauniad team has the wrong name ? If so, can anybody supply the correct name ?
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The newspaper accepted the mistake by email on 5 October. New readers will find the photograph correctly naming ACM Simon Bryant. I had not realised how looooong those shoulder boards are ! RLSB
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Although Angus Houston holds the rank of ACM in the Royal Australian Air Force, he is the Chief of the Australian Defence Force -the most senior position in the Australian Defence Force - and a gentleman to boot.
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It's probably a deliberate 'leak' to inform the UK that, as the RAF is getting to dangerously low strength it is about to be absorbed into the RAAF as the junior partner 
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MID with no attendant medal? What's that all about?
It was always intended that an MID emblem could be worn on its own after any medals. In 1947 The London Gazette published detailed rules for wearing MID emblems, and stated that if the recipient was not eligible for the appropriate campaign medal, he (sic) was to wear the emblem after any other medal ribbons.
It's difficult to see in what circumstances somebody could get an MID and yet not be entitled to the campaign medal, although I suppose it would be possible to arrive in theatre, do something to earn an MID and leave before serving the minimum qualifying period, but it seems pretty unlikely.
Incidentally until the rules were changed in 1994 (I think), the MID was the only award other than the Victoria and George Crosses which could be awarded posthumously.
btw = SODCAT?
It's difficult to see in what circumstances somebody could get an MID and yet not be entitled to the campaign medal, although I suppose it would be possible to arrive in theatre, do something to earn an MID and leave before serving the minimum qualifying period, but it seems pretty unlikely.
Incidentally until the rules were changed in 1994 (I think), the MID was the only award other than the Victoria and George Crosses which could be awarded posthumously.
btw = SODCAT?