John Thompson (RAF officer)
{{Short description|British Royal Air Force officer (1947–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
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|death_date= {{death date and age|2023|3|15|1947|09|18|df=yes}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Air Force
|serviceyears= 1970–2002
|rank= Air Marshal
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|commands= Royal Air Force College Cranwell
RAF Wittering
|battles= Bosnian War
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Air Marshal John Hugh Thompson, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (18 September 1947 – 15 March 2023) was a British Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002.
RAF career
Educated at Fielding High School in New Zealand, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force in 1970.Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4081-1414-8}} He became Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1988, Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Rheindahlen in 1993 and an assistant to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996. He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1997 and Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 2000 before retiring in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |title=Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments |accessdate=7 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015 }}
Thompson died on 15 March 2023, at the age of 75.[https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/263147/thompson John Thompson death notice] The Telegraph
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Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
Category:21st-century Royal Air Force personnel
Category:Commandants of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath