Air Marshal Sir John Robert Walker, KCB, CBE, AFC, FRAeS (26 May 1936 – 29 January 2025) was a British Royal Air Force officer who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 1991 to 1994.
Walker joined the Royal Air Force in 1954 and was commissioned on 31 July 1956.
[2] After attending the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1966, he served as an exchange officer with the Twelfth Air Force, a formation of the United States Air Force, from 1967 to 1969.
[2] He went on to be Group Captain, Offensive Operations at Headquarters RAF Germany in January 1978, Air Officer-in-Chief, Central Tactics and Trials Organisation in December 1979 and, after attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, Director of Forward Policy (RAF) at the Ministry of Defence in December 1982.
[2] After that he became Senior Air Staff Officer at RAF Strike Command in May 1985, Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in April 1987 and Director-General Management & Support Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence 1989.