Michael Smeath

Air Vice-Marshal Michael John Smeath CBE (born 2 October 1967) is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

   Michael Smeath
Smeath in 2023
Born (1967-10-02) 2 October 1967
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1989 – present
RankAir Vice-Marshal
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Education

He was educated at the Open University (BSc), King's College London (MA) and Deakin University, Canberra.[1]

RAF career

Smeath was commissioned into the RAF on 15 January 1989.[2] He served as officer commanding No. 34 Squadron.[3] He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Honington in 2014,[4] Liaison Officer to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in July 2017 and Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in August 2018.[5] In February 2020 Smeath was appointed Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C., with effect from August 2020.[6] In January 2023, he was appointed director of the Global Defence Network in the Ministry of Defence;[7] as such, he is head of the UK's military attaché world wide network.[8]

Smeath was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Birthday Honours[9] and advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 New Year Honours.[10]

References
  1. "Smeath, Air Vice-Marshal Michael John, (born 2 Oct. 1967), Defence Attaché, Washington, since 2020." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2021
  2. "No. 52254". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1990. p. 13859.
  3. "RAF Leeming squadron rewarded for exceptional service". Harrogate Advertiser. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. "New station commander at RAF Honington". Bury Free Press. 21 December 2016.
  5. "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments" (PDF). September 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. "Senior Appointments 10 February 2020". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. "Senior Appointments 2022". Royal Air Force. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. "Defence Diplomacy: A softer side of UK Defence". UK Parliament. Defence Sub-Committee. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. "No. 56237". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2001. p. 7.
  10. "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N7.
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