Philip Osborn

Air Marshal Philip Colin Osborn, CBE, FRAeS is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2015 to 2018.

For the English swimmer, see Philip Osborn (swimmer).

Philip Osborn
Air Marshal Osborn in 2019
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1982–2019
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldNo. 2 Group
RAF Marham
No. 13 Squadron
Battles/warsIraq War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

RAF career

Osborn joined the Royal Air Force in 1982.[1] After training as a Tornado navigator, he became commanding officer of No. 13 Squadron and then Station Commander at RAF Marham.[1] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in October 2010, Chief of Staff Operations and Support at RAF Air Command in 2012 and Director Capability at Joint Forces Command in 2013.[1] He became Chief of Defence Intelligence in January 2015.[2]

Osborn was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS).[4]

Osborn officially retired from the Royal Air Force on 13 October 2019.[5]

Later life

In retirement, Osborn maintained links with the Royal Air Force and became chairman of the RAF Charitable Trust in June 2020,[6][7] and became a non-executive director for Lincolnshire-based defence company, Inzpire, in April 2020.[8]

References
  1. "Air Marshal P C Osborn CBE RAF" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. "Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-service Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 6.
  4. "Air Marshal Phil Osborn on Intelligence and Information Advantage in a Contested World". RUSI. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. "No. 62850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 2019. p. 22300.
  6. "Tornado Man Named as New Chairman". The Royal International Air Tattoo. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. "New Chairman for RAFCT". The Royal International Air Tattoo. The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. "Inzpire". Inzpire.
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