Honorific Prefix: | Air Chief Marshal |
Sir Michael Alcock | |
Honorific Suffix: | GCB KBE FREng FIMechE FRAeS |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1936 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1959–96 |
Rank: | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands: | Logistics Command (1994–96) |
Awards: | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Laterwork: | Aerospace consultant |
Sir Robert James Michael Alcock (born 11 July 1936),[1] usually referred to as Sir Michael Alcock, is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and an aerospace consultant.
Educated at Victoria College, Jersey,[2] Alcock was commissioned in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force in 1959.[3]
By the time of the Gulf War, Alcock was air officer engineering at Headquarters Strike Command.[3] He was appointed the RAF's chief engineer in 1991,[4] and promoted to air chief marshal in 1993. The following year Alcock graduated from Cranfield University[5] before being appointed air officer commanding-in-chief the newly established Logistics Command on 1 April 1994. The role also carried with it a seat on the Air Force Board as the air member for logistics and Alcock became the first non-aircrew officer to sit on the Air Force Board.[3] Additionally, Alcock continued to be designated as the RAF's Chief Engineer.[6] Alcock was succeeded by Sir John Allison on 8 March 1996.[7] He retired from the RAF on 25 June 1996, and subsequently worked as an aerospace consultant.[8]