In situations in which an aircraft becomes a threat while taking off – which gives very little reaction time – a decision on shooting it down may be taken by an Indian Air Force officer not below the rank of Assistant Chief of Air Staff ( Operations ).

* 1925 – Anthony Mason, Australian judge and Air Force Officer, Chief Justice of Australia

Additionally, the lower left quadrant, which contains the Chief of Naval Air Training insignia, has occasionally contained only Naval Aviator wings.

* Arthur T. Harris, Air Chief Marshal, Royal Air Force ( later a Marshal of the Royal Air Force )

* Frederick Sykes, Chief of the Air Staff ( United Kingdom )

* Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Air Chief Marshal, Royal Air Force ( later Marshal of the Royal Air Force )

It advises on national defence and is conformed by the Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the Commanders of all three branches of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces: The Army, Navy and the Air Force.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the decoration to Powers ’ grandchildren, Trey Powers, 9, and Lindsey Berry, 29, in a Pentagon ceremony.

Significant individual contributions to the war effort by Scots included the invention of radar by Robert Watson-Watt, which was invaluable in the Battle of Britain, as was the leadership at RAF Fighter Command of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding.

Allied leaders of the Sicilian campaign in North Africa ; ( front row, left to right ) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder | Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | Andrew Cunningham, ( top row, left to right ) Harold Macmillan, Major General Walter Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers ; 1943

When Resnicoff later served as Special Assistant for Values and Vision for the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force, he would meet with Falwell to discuss issues linked to religious rights in the military, including the role and responsibilities of U. S. military chaplains.

Air Marshal Fahad Al-Amir, Chief of the General Staff, speaks to United States Marine Corps | U. S. Marines in 2009

* 1945 – World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

Rust's flight through a supposedly impregnable air-defense system had great effect on the Soviet military and led to the firing of many senior officers, including Defence Minister Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov and the head of the Soviet Air Defense, former World War II fighter ace pilot Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov.

Frank Schwable, Chief of Staff of the First Marine Air Wing was shot down in North Korea.

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

He is assisted by the Deputy Commander and the Chief of Staff, who are responsible for Strategic Command and Land Force Command.

In practice, that role is ceremonial, with actual authority in the hands of the Defence Minister and the Chief of the Defence Force ( CDF ).

Two Generals were point to lead the new forces one from FRELIMO Lieutenant General Lagos Lidimo who was named Chief of the Defence Force and Major General Mateus Ngonhamo from RENAMO as Vice-Chief of the Defence Force.

On 20 March 2008, Reuters reported that President Guebuza had dismissed the Chief and Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Lagos Lidimo ( FRELIMO ) and Lieutenant General Mateus Ngonhamo ( RENAMO ), replacing them with Brigadier General Paulino Macaringue as Chief of Defence Force and Major-general Olímpio Cambora as Vice-Chief of Defence Force.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba suspended Lieutenant General Martin Shalli from his post as Chief of Defence Force in 2009 over corruption allegations, dating back to the time when Shalli served as Namibia ’ s High Commissioner to Zambia .. During the time of the suspension, Peter Nambundunga acted as Chief.

There are some units that report directly to the Chief of Defence Force.

#* Air Vice-Marshal Peter Stockwell, AFC, ( Chief of Air Force )

* Ronald Adam as Air Vice-Marshal ( later Air Chief Marshal Sir ) Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Initially, the WAAF used the ATS ranking system, although the director held the rank of " Senior Controller " ( equivalent to Brigadier in the British Army, Air Commodore in the RAF ) instead of " Chief Controller " ( equivalent to Major-General, Air Vice-Marshal ) as in the ATS.

On January 1 1943, the rank of Air Chief Commandant ( equivalent to Major-General, Air Vice-Marshal ) was created with the director's appointment to that rank.

* Air Vice-Marshal Grahame Dawson CBE CB, Chief Engineering Officer from 1938-40 of RAF Fighter Command, and in charge of engine repairs during the Battle of Britain

* September 1951: Appointed Vice Chief of the Air Staff ( Air Vice-Marshal )

Training Group's last Air Officer Commanding was Air Vice-Marshal John Ponsonby who was both Chief of Staff Training and Air Officer Commanding Training Group.

* Assistant Chief of Defence Staff ( Logistics Operations )-ACDS ( LogOps )-Air Vice-Marshal

* Chief Constable Sir Graham Shillington, from November 1970.

The incumbent Chief of Staff, is alleged to be John " Bunter " Graham, referred to by Martin Dillon as " Mr. F ".

In 1976, Tommy West was replaced with " Mr. F " who is alleged to be John " Bunter " Graham and remains the incumbent Chief of Staff as of 2012.

: Chief of Police: Graham Hill

Some of these agencies are The City Of Gray Volunteer Fire Department ( Ronnie Malcolm, Chief ), The City Of Gray Police Department ( Adam Lowe, Chief ), Jones County Volunteer Fire Department Alan Green, Director ), Jones County Sheriff's Office ( Butch Reese, Sheriff ), Jones County Volunteer Emergency Management Agency / Rescue ( Don Graham, Director ) The Georgia State Patrol Post 33 in Milledgeville ( SFC Greg L. Wiley, Post Commander )

The FA Chief Executive Graham Kelly described his attack as " a stain on our game " that brought shame on football.

Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, KCB, KCMG, DSO, MC (; 30 January 1890 – 29 May 1968 ) was Chief of MI6 ( SIS ), British Secret Intelligence Service, during and after World War II.

He was a Third-class Clerk, Treasury Department, Lagos ( 1921 – 1924 ); Recruit, Gold Coast Police Force ( Jul .- September 1924 ); Solicitor Clerk to the late Mr. Justice Graham Paul at Calabar ( Jan .- Aug. 1925 ); Instructor in Political Science, Lincoln University ( 1931 – 34 ); University Correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American ( 1928 – 34 ); General and Sports Correspondent for the Philadelphia Tribune ( 1928 – 34 ); Editor-in Chief of the West African Pilot ( 1937 – 45 ); Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press ( 1944 – 47 ); Correspondent for Reuters ( 1944 – 46 ); Managing Director of Zik ’ s Press Limited printers and publishers of the West African Pilot ( Lagos ), Eastern Guardian ( Port Harcourt ), Nigerian Spokesman ( Onitsha ), Southern Nigeria Defender ( Ibadan ), Daily Comet ( Kano ), and Eastern Sentinel ( Enugu ); Managing Director of Comet Press Limited ( 1945 – 53 ); Chairman of West African Pilot Limited and the Associated Newspapers of Nigeria Limited and six other limited liability companies ( 1952 – 53 ); Chairman, Nigerian Real Estate Corporation Limited ( 1952 – 53 ); etc.

But they ( Nixon, Graham, and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman ) didn't say they wanted to kill a million Jews.

* James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, Chief of the Grahams

This was ruled out when Stewart accepted the position of Chief of Staff to acting Leader of the Opposition, Bill Graham.

On 1 April 2007 Graham Beale ( Group Finance Director ) took over as Chief Executive following the retirement of Philip Williamson.

On May 6, 2005, the DeKalb County, Georgia, Police Chief Louis Graham ordered the reopening of the murder cases of five boys who were killed in DeKalb County between February and May 1981 that had been attributed to Williams.

Police Chief Graham believed that Williams may have been innocent of these and other murders.

About six months after becoming the DeKalb County Police Chief, Graham reopened the investigations into the deaths of the five DeKalb County victims: Aaron Wyche, 10 ; Curtis Walker, 13 ; Yusuf Bell, 15 ; William Barrett, 17 ; and Patrick Baltazar, 11.

After resigning, Graham was replaced by the Acting Chief, Nick Marinelli, who said, " We dredged up what we had, and nothing has panned out, so until something does or additional evidence comes our way, or there's forensic feedback from existing evidence, we will continue to pursue the cold cases that are in our reach.

Graham Hodges became the new Chief Executive Officer.

Army Chief Warrant Officer John D. Graham – an interrogation operations officer at Abu Ghraib – supports Stefanowicz and says Stefanowicz expressed concern of the treatment of prisoners and took the issue of mistreatment to superiors.

The current Chief Executive, Graham Dalton, took up his post on 30 June 2008.

Anthony Horowitz, the original writer of Midsomer Murders, borrowed part of the name of the town when he adapted Caroline Graham ’ s Chief Inspector Barnaby series for television in 1997.

The current Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp is Rob Mason, appointed in 2008 to replace the inaugural Chief Executive, Vince Graham.

He succeeded Graham Smith, who went on to be the Chief Inspector of Probation in England and Wales and was knighted towards the end of his career.