LONDON.- Today Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, the RAFs new Chief of Air Staff visited the
RAF Museum in North London.
Whilst at the Museum, Sir Stephen spoke to CEO Maggie Appleton about the Museums plans for the RAFs Centenary in 2018 as well as the fundraising campaign Names on a Plane.
Sir Stephen also took a tour of the Museum and also dropped into our Archive department where he was shown documents and prints relating to his time at 2 Sqn.
Says Maggie Appleton, RAF Museum CEO: It was wonderful to share our plans to celebrate and commemorate the RAFs Centenary with Sir Stephen. We are committed to making our London site more accessible, vibrant and focused on the RAFs story. Our multi-million pound transformation will use our collections as dynamic storytellers and ensure the site becomes an inspiring space for all our visitors, reflecting our historic roots as RAF Hendon, exploring todays RAF and imagining the future.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier is the Chief of the Air Staff, in command of the Royal Air Force, leading a Whole Force of some 35000 Regular and Reserve personnel, and 5000 Civil Servants, supported by thousands of contractors. He is personally accountable for the safe and effective operation of over 700 manned and unmanned aircraft and for meeting the airpower needs of Defence, which currently means thousands of people and every front-line force committed to operations world-wide. In addition to sustaining his people and this exceptionally high level of commitment, he is also responsible for delivering the significant growth in the RAFs front-line capability announced in the 2015 Defence Review.