Julian Young (RAF officer)

Air Marshal Sir Julian Alexander Young, KBE, CB, FREng, FIET, CCMI, FRAeS is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who served as Chief of Materiel (Air) at Defence Equipment and Support, concurrently holding the appointments of Air Member for Materiel on the Air Force Board and Chief Engineer (RAF).

Sir Julian Young
Young in 2018
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1980-2021
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldAir Member for Materiel (2016-20)
RAF Cosford (2002-03)
Battles/warsGulf War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Personal life

Young attended the Royal Latin School, Buckingham where he was head boy.[1]

RAF career

Young was commissioned into the RAF on 31 August 1980.[2]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours,[3] and became Station Commander at RAF Cosford in 2002.[4] He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff at RAF Air Command in February 2007, Director of Defence Support Review in August 2009 and Chief of Staff Support at RAF Air Command in December 2010.[4] After that he became Technical Director & Chief Information Officer at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2012, Director Helicopters at Defence Equipment and Support in February 2015[5] and Chief of Materiel (Air) at Defence Equipment and Support in April 2016, joining the Air Force Board as Air Member for Materiel and Chief Engineer (RAF).[6]

On 1 October 2021, he was appointed as the 140th President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.[7]

Young was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 New Year Honours[8] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016.[9] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours.[10]

References
  1. "Power of Sport Dinner" (PDF). Latin Life. No. 13. Royal Latin School. p. 13. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. "No. 48460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1980. p. 17815.
  3. "No. 55710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1999. p. 8.
  4. "Air Vice Marshal Julian Young". IET. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. "Air Vice Marshal Julian Young". Mach Exhibition. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. "New IET president to champion technicians and enhance the status of UK engineers". Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 2.
  9. "New Fellows 2016: Air Marshal Julian Young". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  10. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N7.
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