George Black (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal George Phillip Black, CB, OBE, AFC & Bar (born 10 July 1932) is a retired Royal Air Force officer.

5 Squadron in 1969, a member of the air plans directorate in the Ministry of Defence in 1971 and Station Commander at RAF Wildenrath in 1972.

[1] After that he became Commander of the Harrier Field Force at RAF Germany in 1972, Group Captain Operations at Headquarters No.

[1] His last appointments were as Commander Allied Air Defence Sector One in 1980 and Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1984 before retiring in 1987.

[2] Between 1987 and 1992 Black was the senior defence advisor at Ferranti Defence Systems in Edinburgh, moving to an appointment as Director of Military Business for Marconi Electronic Business Systems from 1993 until 1999.