Graham Skinner

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|allegiance= United Kingdom

|branch= Royal Air Force

|serviceyears= 1963–2000

|rank= Air vice-marshal

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|awards= Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Air Vice Marshal Graham Skinner, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 1945) is a retired Royal Air Force officer.

RAF career

Educated at Hampton School, the University of Bristol and Loughborough University, Skinner joined the Royal Air Force in 1963.{{Cite web |url=http://www.engineerscompany.org.uk/resources/Documents/skinner_cv.html |title=Biography at The Worshipful Company of Engineers |access-date=16 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722050528/http://www.engineerscompany.org.uk/resources/Documents/skinner_cv.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} He served at Strike Command during the Gulf War and went on to be Director of Logistics Policy and then Director of in-service support for the Tornado and Typhoon programmes before becoming Commander-in-Chief of Logistics Command in September 1999. He left the post in October 1999 on the disbandment of the command.[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf Royal Air Force Senior Appointments] In retirement he became Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Engineers.[http://www.engineerscompany.org.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=88497 Past Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314123417/http://www.engineerscompany.org.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=88497 |date=14 March 2011 }} The Worshipful Company of Engineers

Family

In 1969 Skinner married Margaret; they have a son and a daughter.

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