Gerry Mayhew

Born in 1969 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (now in the West Midlands), Mayhew was educated at St Benedict's Catholic High School, a voluntary-aided Catholic school in Alcester, Warwickshire and then Alcester Grammar School.'MAYHEW, Air Vice-Marshal Gerard Michael David', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U284563 accessed 7 Nov 2017]

Mayhew was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 28 July 1988 as an acting pilot officer.{{London Gazette |issue= 51524 |date= 7 November 1988 |page= 12505 |supp= y }} He served as an air traffic control officer from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, he trained as a pilot and became a Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI). His early career as a pilot was spent flying the Jaguar and Tornado, accumulating over 3000 flying hours.{{cite news|title=RAF Leuchars commander to oversee handover to army|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/87939/raf-leuchars-commander-to-oversee-handover-to-army/|accessdate=29 April 2016|work=The Courier|date=12 February 2013}} From 2007 to 2009, he served as Officer Commanding No. 13 Squadron RAF.

In January 2013, Mayhew was appointed Air Officer Scotland and Officer Commanding RAF Leuchars. One of his main duties was to oversee the transfer of Leuchars, then an RAF station, to the British Army as a barracks; this was finalised in March 2015. He stepped down as Air Officer Scotland on 17 November 2014.{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=4 November 2014}} From April 2015 to April 2016, he was a member of the Strategic Defence and Security Review Team in the Cabinet Office.{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=4 March 2015}} He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours,{{London Gazette |issue=61256 |date=13 June 2015 |page=B7 |supp=y }} and then on 28 April 2016 promoted air vice marshal becoming Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group.{{cite web|title=Senior Appointments|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm|website=raf.mod.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force|accessdate=29 April 2016|date=20 April 2016}}

In August 2018, Mayhew succeeded Air Vice Marshal Sir Michael Wigston as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/ |website=raf.mod.uk |publisher=Royal Air Force |accessdate=29 August 2018 |date=15 March 2018}} In May 2019, he became Deputy Commander Operations, Headquarters Air Command and was promoted Air Marshal.{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/ |website=raf.mod.uk |publisher=Royal Air Force |accessdate=3 May 2019 |date=20 February 2019}} Mayhew was advanced as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2022 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N2|date=1 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-military-division-of-the-new-year-honours-2022 |publisher=GOV.UK|title=The Military Division of the New Year Honours 2022|access-date=31 December 2021}}

In April 2022 Mayhew accepted the Freedom of Causeway Coasts and Glens Borough on behalf of the RAF at a ceremony in Limavady, County Londonderry. The town held a parade and saw a fly past of a Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The RAF was based at Limavady and the nearby village of Ballykelly during World War Two.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-61037820|title=Royal Air Force given freedom of Causeway Coast and Glens|date=8 April 2022|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}

A Freeman of the City of London, Sir Gerry is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberdashers.co.uk/membership|title=Membership | The Haberdashers' Company|website=www.haberdashers.co.uk}}

Mayhew was criticised following an employment tribunal case in October 2023 when he was deemed to have offered "hollow and unconvincing evidence" for a claim by a serving military officer.{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652d225dd86b1b000d3a4fb4/Mr_A_Steele_v_The_Ministry_of_Defence_3322069.2019___other_FMH_amended_Judgment.pdf|page=12|title=Reserved Judgement: Allan Steele v. The Ministry of Defence|publisher=Employment Tribunals|date=28 April 2023|access-date=20 October 2023}}

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