Air Officer Scotland is the seniorRoyal Air Force officer in Scotland. Since January 2025, the appointment is currently gapped.

In 1962, the Air Officer Scotland assumed responsibility for Northern Ireland, become Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland.^[1]

In December 1994 the AOSNI post departed Pitreavie Castle^[1] (the AOC Northern Maritime Air Region post was being disestablished). The station commander ofRAF Leuchars became an air commodore with the additional role of being Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland.^[2]

The Royal Navy equivalent isFlag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland while the British Army equivalent isGeneral Officer Scotland.

List Incomplete

• 1 October 1968 Air Vice-MarshalFrederick Hughes, Air Officer Commanding,No. 18 Group RAF^[3] and Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland

• c.1986 Air Vice-Marshal David Conway Grant Brook, Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland^[4] Placed on the Retired List 1989 at own request.
• July 1989 Air Vice-Marshal Jim Morris, Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, based atRAF Pitreavie Castle, the home of the Northern Maritime Air Region,No. 18 Group RAF.^[5]
• c.1995 becomes an additional appointment for Station Commander,RAF Leuchars
• 2001 Air Commodore M J Routledge^[6]
• 2004Air CommodoreS Bryant
• 2006Air Commodore J Stinton
• March 2007Air CommodoreC A Bairsto^[7]
• 13 March 2009 – 12 September 2011Air CommodoreR J Atkinson^[8]
• 12 September 2011 – 13 February 2013Air CommodoreG D A Parker
• 13 February 2013 – 17 November 2014Air CommodoreG M D Mayhew
• 17 November 2014 – January 2024Air Vice-MarshalR Paterson CB OBE DL^[9]
• 18 January 2024 – December 2024Air Commodore W. R. Gibson MBE ADC MA RAFR^[10][11]

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