Sandy Hunter
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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1939|03|08|df=yes}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Air Force
|serviceyears= 1962–93
|rank= Air Vice Marshal
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|commands= British Forces Cyprus (1990–93)
RAF Staff College, Bracknell (1989–90)
RAF Odiham (1981–83)
No. 18 Squadron (1978–81)
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Air Vice Marshal Alexander Freeland Cairns "Sandy" Hunter, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|AFC|DL}} (born 8 March 1939) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.
RAF career
Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, Hunter joined the Royal Air Force in 1962.Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4081-1414-8}} After a tour as assistant air attaché in the British embassy in Moscow,{{cite web|url=http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure/recognising-the-work-of-sandy-hunter-cbe-1-7140258|title=Recognising the work of Sandy Hunter CBE|publisher=Morpeth Herald|date=5 March 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}} he became Officer Commanding No. 18 Squadron in 1978, Station Commander at RAF Odiham in 1981 and Group Captain Plans at Strike Command in 1983. He went on to be Director of Public Relations for the RAF in 1987, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf|title=Senior Royal Air Force appointments|access-date=6 June 2015}} and Commander of British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 1990 before retiring in 1993.
Honours and awards
- 3 June 1978 – Squadron Leader Alexander Freeland Cairns Hunter (2620410) is awarded the Air Force Cross in the Queen's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=47549|supp=y|page=6257|date=3 June 1978}}
- 13 June 1981 – Wing Commander Alexander Freeland Cairns Hunter, AFC (2620410) is appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=48639|supp=y|page=7|date=13 June 1981}}
- 8 October 1982 – Group Captain Alexander Freeland Cairns Hunter, OBE, AFC, is promoted to be a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of service within the operations in the South Atlantic.{{London Gazette|issue=49134|supp=y|page=12857|date=8 October 1982}}
- 2 February 1994 – Appointed an Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John.{{London Gazette|issue=53576|page=1597|date=2 February 1994}}
Works
- {{cite book|last=Hunter|first=Sandy|title=The Valley Remembers|publisher=Upper Coquetdale Parish Council|year=2014}}
References
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Royal Air Force air marshals
Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School