Brendan Jackson
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Sir Brendan Jackson
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| Born | 23 August 1935 |
| Died | 19 November 1998 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1956–1993 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands held | No. 13 Squadron RAF Marham |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brendan Jackson GCB (23 August 1935 – 19 November 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.
RAF career
Born on 23 August 1935,[1] Jackson was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and the University of London. He then joined the Royal Air Force on a National Service Commission in 1956.[2] As a junior officer, he successfully ejected from a Victor B2 which became uncontrollable during a night training exercise on 20 March 1963.[2] Jackson also became a qualified interpreter.[2] He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 13 Squadron in 1966 and went on to be Station Commander at RAF Marham in 1977.[2] He was made Director of Air Staff Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1979 and then Assistant Chief of Staff (Policy) at SHAPE in 1984.[2] He went on to be Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Strike Command in 1986 and Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1988.[2]
He wrote a paper entitled "Nuclear Forces - The Ultimate Umbrella" in 1991, in which he wrote that Third World nuclear proliferation was even "more chimerical" than the threat from Russian nuclear weapons.[3] He retired in 1993.[2][4]
Family
In 1959 he married Shirley Norris; they had one son and one daughter.[2]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Obituary: Sir Brendan Jackson The Independent, 4 December 1998
- ↑ The 520 Forgotten Bombs p. 9
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 53543. p. 337. 10 January 1994.
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| Preceded by | Deputy Commander-in-Chief Strike Command 1986–1988 |
Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Hayr |
| Preceded by | Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1988–1993 |
Succeeded by Sir Michael Alcock As Air Member for Logistics |
