[2] He was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct in 1992[3] for his actions in an ejection situation following a bird strike of his two-seat Harrier T.4 on 25 September 1991, where he rescued his rear seat passenger (the first woman to eject from a British combat jet) after she landed in the aircraft's burning wreckage.

3 (Fighter) Squadron, Wing Commander Stevenson commanded the detachment of Harrier GR.7 aircraft deployed during the Sierra Leone crisis,[6] the first operation conducted by the combined RAF/Royal Navy Joint Force Harrier.

[8] Stevenson was appointed to the newly created NATO post of Commander Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in July 2007.

[9] He then became Commandant Royal Air Force College Cranwell and Director of Recruiting in April 2008.

[10] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.