Ian Duguid
Ian Duguid is a senior Royal Air Force officer in command of No. 11 Group RAF headquartered at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. Duguid was a harrier pilot and Typhoon Force Commander before assuming the role of the air officer commanding No. 11 Group.History
Duguid was educated at Scarborough Sixth Form College and King's College London.
He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1986. Whilst a squadron commander of one of the Harrier squadrons in the 1990s, Duguid was known by the nickname of Squid. After operational service protecting the Iraqi no-fly zones, he commanded No. 4 Squadron RAF in Afghanistan in 2006. He then became Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Capability at RAF Air Command in September 2008, Head of Defence Operational Capability at the Ministry of Defence in December 2012 and commander of the Typhoon Force in March 2015. He was appointed Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Air Command and Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF in October 2018.
In March 2008, Duguid was Mentioned in Despatches, and he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.
