Matthew Wiles

Matthew Wiles
Born1961 (age 64–65)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
Royal Air Force
Service years
1979–2013
Rank
Air vice-marshal
Conflicts
War in Afghanistan
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice-Marshal Matthew John Gethin Wiles, CB, CBE (born 1961) is a retired senior commander in the Royal Air Force who served as the Air Secretary from 2011 to 2013.

RAF career

Wiles was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in 1979.[1] He served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Logistics at Permanent Joint Headquarters[2] and then went on to be Director General of the Joint Supply Chain at Defence Equipment and Support in 2008.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours[4] before he became Air Secretary in September 2011.[5] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2013 Birthday Honours.[6]

Wiles was appointed Honorary Air Commodore of No. 4624 (County of Oxford) Movements Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force for a three year period June 2026 to May 2029.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 48060". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1980. p. 305.
  2. ↑ 9th Annual Focused Logistics Conference RUSI, April 2007
  3. ↑ Best in class Deprecated link archived 21 January 2013 at archive.today Defence Management Journal
  4. ↑ Wired Government
  5. ↑ Royal Air Force Senior Appointments
  6. ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "No. 65111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 June 2026. p. 12893.