Air Vice-Marshal Paul Douglas Luker, CB, OBE, AFC, DL is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commander of Joint Helicopter Command from 2002 to 2005.
Luker joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1968, trained as a support helicopter pilot and served in Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Persian Gulf, the Balkans and Belize.
[2] After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, he went on to be Director of Overseas Military Activity at the Ministry of Defence in 1998[3] and then Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in 2002, and latterly served for seven months as Deputy Commanding General of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan before retiring in 2006.
[1] From 2006 to 2016 Luker served as Chief Executive of the Council of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations,[4] Secretary General of the UK Reserve Forces Association and, for the final five years acted as Clerk to the RFCA External Scrutiny Team, drafting their annual report to Parliament.
[5] He served as Chairman of Blind Veterans UK from 2017 to 2021,[6] and is a Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire,[7] and Honorary President of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wing of the Air Training Corps.