Ian Duguid
{{Short description|Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal}}
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|caption= Duguid in 2021
|nickname= "Squid"
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|12|1}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Air Force
|serviceyears= 1986–2023
|rank= Air Vice-Marshal
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|commands= No. 1 Group RAF (2021-2023)
No. 11 Group RAF (2018–21)
No. 4 Squadron RAF (2006–08)
|battles= War in Afghanistan
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Air Vice-Marshal Ian W. Duguid, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|OBE}} (born 1 December 1966) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, whose final post was as Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF, headquartered at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. Duguid was a Harrier pilot and Typhoon Force Commander before assuming the role of the Air Officer Commanding of No. 11 Group, which he served as from 2018 to November 2021.
RAF career
Duguid was educated at Scarborough Sixth Form College and King's College London (MSc Defence Studies)."Duguid, Air Vice-Marshal Ian, (born 1 Dec. 1966), Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Air Command, and Air Officer Commanding Number 11 Group, since 2018." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2019
Duguid was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/groups/no-11-group/|title=No. 11 Group|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=2 December 2018}} While a squadron commander of one of the Harrier squadrons in the 1990s, Duguid was known by the nickname of "Squid".{{cite book |last1=Harper |first1=Tony |last2=Skinner |first2=Keith |editor1-last=Marston |editor1-first=Bob |title=Harrier boys. Volume two, New technology, new threats, new tactics, 1990–2010 |date=2016 |publisher=Grub Street |location=London |isbn=9781910690178 |page=71 |chapter=5: Unrelated Uncles}} After operational service protecting the Iraqi no-fly zones, he commanded No. 4 Squadron RAF in Afghanistan in 2006 to 2007,{{cite news |title=RAF Afghanistan footage released |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5408086.stm |accessdate=18 December 2018 |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2006}} for which he was mentioned in despatches.{{London Gazette |issue=58633 |date=7 March 2008 |page=3614 |supp=1 }} He then became Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Capability at RAF Air Command in September 2008, Head of Defence Operational Capability at the Ministry of Defence in December 2012 and commander of the Typhoon Force in March 2015.{{cite web|url=https://sldinfo.com/2017/01/raf-air-commodore-duguid-looks-at-the-future-of-the-raf-shaping-a-key-role-for-typhoon/|title=RAF Air Commodore Duguid Looks at the Future of the RAF: Shaping a Key Role for Typhoon|date=21 January 2017|publisher=SLD|accessdate=2 December 2018}} He was appointed Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Air Command and Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF in October 2018 which he served as until November 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/|title=Senior Appointments|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=2 December 2018}} He was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF on 12 November 2021,{{cite web |title=Senior Appointments: 2021 |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-appointments/ |website=Royal Air Force |access-date=2 November 2021 |language=en-gb |date=1 November 2021}} and retired in May 2023.{{London Gazette|issue=64110|supp=y|page=13689|date=11 July 2023}}
Duguid was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=58929|page=6|supp=y|date=31 December 2008}} and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2021 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=63218|supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2020}}
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Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Royal Air Force air marshals
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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