Jason Appleton
{{Short description|Senior RAF officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = Royal Air Force
| serviceyears = 1991–present
| rank = Air Vice Marshal
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| commands = No. 2 Group RAF (2024–)
RAF Shawbury (2015–17)
No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron (2010–13)
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Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
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Air Vice Marshal Jason Appleton is a senior Royal Air Force officer.
Military career
Appleton was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in January 1991. After qualifying as a navigator, he became officer commanding No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron.{{cite web|url= https://airspacepower.com/audience-with-apr24/ |title= An Audience With Air Vice-Marshal Jase Appleton Air Officer Commanding 2 Group|date=9 April 2024|publisher=Air and Space Power Association| access-date=30 April 2024}} He went on to be station commander at RAF Shawbury in August 2015, Assistant Head Commitments, Joint Helicopter Command in May 2017{{cite web|url= https://assets.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/documents/Witness%20statement%20of%20Jason%20Appleton%20RAF%20MET00017487.pdf |title=Witness Statement|page=1|publisher=Grenfell Tower Inquiry| access-date=30 April 2024}} and Deputy Chief of Staff, Support at Allied Air Command in July 2019. After that he was appointed Transformation Programme Director at RAF Air Command in September 2022 and Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF in March 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/groups/no-2-group/ |title= No. 2 Group RAF|publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=30 April 2024}}{{London Gazette|page=5003|supp=y|issue=64341|date=12 March 2024}}
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Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
Category:21st-century Royal Air Force personnel
Category:British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
Category:Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service
Category:Royal Air Force air marshals
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)