Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Alfred Gilbert, KCB, CBE (born 15 June 1931) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1984 to 1986.
Educated at William Hulme's Grammar School[1] and the University of Leeds,[2] Gilbert joined the Royal Air Force under a National Service Commission in 1952.
[3] Gilbert served in fighter squadrons until 1961 when he joined the Air Secretary's Department.
[2] In 1971 he became Station Commander at RAF Coltishall before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1974.
[6] He then became Deputy Air Officer Commanding of Strike Command in 1984[7] and, having been promoted to air chief marshal,[8] he went on to be Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1986[9] before retiring in 1989.