Maintaining resilience

Sir Glenn Torpy

Sir Glenn Torpy, joined the Royal Air Force in 1974.

His career included two tours flying the Jaguar in the reconnaissance and attack roles, a tour as a Qualified Weapons Instructor on the Hawk and command of a Tornado GR1A tactical reconnaissance squadron. He saw active service during the First Gulf War, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1994 he assumed command of RAF Brüggen, Germany, the RAF’s largest Tornado base. He later served as Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Operations), Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations), Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group (when he was also the UK Air Component Commander for the Second Gulf War) and Chief of Joint Operations.

Sir Glenn became Chief of the Air Staff in 2006 and retired from the RAF in 2009.