Edward Stringer

Stringer studied engineering at the University of Liverpool, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1985.{{cite web|title=Edward Stringer|url=http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/edward-stringer/18/674/50a|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=15 July 2013}} Later he studied international relations at King's College London and completed a Master of Arts degree in 2010.

Stringer was commissioned into the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force on 5 September 1982 as an acting pilot officer.{{London Gazette |issue=49156 |date=1 November 1982 |page=14278 |supp=y }} He was regraded to pilot officer on 15 July 1985 with seniority from 15 April 1984.{{London Gazette|issue=50258|supp=y|page=12794|date=16 September 1985}} Following flying training, he was posted to the Jaguar Force. He then became a Qualified Weapons Instructor.{{cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/acas.cfm|title=Air Marshal E J Stringer CBE|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=14 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318044451/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/acas.cfm|archive-date=18 March 2012|url-status=dead}} He was promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1986 with seniority from 15 October 1984,{{London Gazette |issue=50440 |date=24 February 1986 |pages=2716–2717 |supp= y}} and to flight lieutenant on 15 April 1987.{{London Gazette |issue=50921 |date=18 May 1987 |pages=6471–6472 |supp=y }} He saw active service in the Gulf War of 1990 to 1991.

On 1 January 1995, he was promoted to squadron leader as part of the half yearly promotions.{{London Gazette |issue=53902 |date=30 December 1994 |pages=63–64 |supp=y }} Between April and September 1999, he was posted to the Gulf as part of Operation Southern Watch to maintain the Iraqi no-fly zones, for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of [his] gallant and distinguished services".{{London Gazette |issue=55819 |date=14 April 2000 |page=4253 |supp=y }}

Stringer became officer commanding No. 54 Squadron, in which capacity he was deployed as Jaguar Force Commander for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He was advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=61920 |page=9404 |date=5 May 2017}}

He became Station Commander at RAF Leeming and then commanding officer of No. 904 Expeditionary Air Wing based at Kandahar in 2008. Advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette |issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=6 |supp=y }}

Stringer was appointed Commandant of the Air Warfare Centre later that year. In this role he was deployed as Air Contingent Commander for the NATO Operation in Libya (Operation Unified Protector). He went on to be Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., in October 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/defence-news/ups-and-outs-july-2013|title=Ups and outs July 2013|publisher=Defence Viewpoints|accessdate=14 July 2013}}

On 5 April 2013, Stringer was promoted to air vice marshal and appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.{{London Gazette |issue=60543 |date=18 June 2013 |page=11992 |supp=y }} In January 2015, he was succeeded in that role by Rich Knighton. In March 2015, he was appointed Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations).{{cite web|title=AIR RANK AND COMMAND APPOINTMENTS LIST 11.14|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=Senior Appointments|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=22 April 2015|date=9 December 2014}}

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2017 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=61962 |date=16 June 2017 |page=B2|supp=y }} On 11 April 2018, he was promoted to air marshal and appointed Director General of the Defence Academy and of Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command, now Strategic Command.{{London Gazette |issue= 62279 |date=4 May 2018 |page=8152 |supp=y }}{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Edward Stringer CB CBE MA BEng RAF|url=https://www.da.mod.uk/about-us/management-team/air-marshal-edward-stringer-biography|website=Defence Academy of the United Kingdom|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=14 May 2018}} He was succeeded in the role of Director General of Joint Force Development, Strategic Command, by Ian Gale in April 2021 and retired from the Air Force in August 2021.{{cite news |title=Cyber attack on UK's Defence Academy had 'significant' impact, officer in charge at the time reveals |first=Deborah |last=Haynes |work=Sky News |date=2 January 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/cyber-attack-on-uks-defence-academy-had-significant-impact-officer-in-charge-at-the-time-reveals-12507570 }}

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{{s-ttl | title = Director General of the Defence Academy|years=2018–2021}}

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