Chris Elliot (RAF officer)


Christina R. Elliot, is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Military career

Educated at the University of Glasgow, Elliot joined to Royal Air Force in 1985. She became a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2006, Group Captain Airspace Control Capability at RAF Air Command in 2007 and station commander at RAF Halton in 2010. She went on to be Group Captain Programmes in Finance, Programmes and Plans at RAF Air Command in 2012, Director of Ground Training at No. 22 Group RAF in 2014 and Air Secretary in 2016. Elliot will retire from the RAF and be succeeded by Air Vice-Marshal Maria Byford on 24 February 2020.