# Gary Waterfall

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[Air Vice Marshal](/source/Air_Vice_Marshal) **Gary Martin Waterfall**, (born 7 January 1967) is a retired senior [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) officer and formerly Chief of Staff (Operations) in the [Permanent Joint Headquarters](/source/Permanent_Joint_Headquarters). He has also been squadron representative of 2248 (Rutland) Sqn [Air Training Corps](/source/Air_training_corps) since the first of September 2009. From July 2014 to April 2016, he was [Air Officer Commanding](/source/Air_Officer_Commanding) [No. 1 Group](/source/No._1_Group_RAF).

## RAF career

Waterfall was previously a [Harrier](/source/British_Aerospace_Harrier_II) pilot and a member of the [Red Arrows](/source/Red_Arrows) display team.[1] He was [Officer Commanding](/source/Officer_Commanding) [No. 41 Squadron RAF](/source/No._41_Squadron_RAF) from 1 April 2006 to 8 June 2007.

On 15 December 2010, Waterfall led the final 16-ship flypast of the Harrier when they were retired from service. On promotion to [air commodore](/source/Air_commodore) in June 2011, he was deployed to NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre 5 to assume command of the UK air contribution to the liberation of Libya, and was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) in the Operational Honours List in March 2012.[2]

From July 2014 to April 2016, he was [Air Officer Commanding](/source/Air_Officer_Commanding) [No. 1 Group](/source/No._1_Group_RAF). In that role, he is also head of the air defence of the United Kingdom.[3] On 28 April 2016, Waterfall handed over the command of No. 1 Group to [Gerry Mayhew](/source/Gerry_Mayhew).[4] Waterfall was then appointed the Chief of Staff (Operations) in the [Permanent Joint Headquarters](/source/Permanent_Joint_Headquarters) with effect from 16 May 2016.[5] Waterfall retired from the RAF on 31 December 2019.[6]

## References

1. ["WATERFALL, Air Vice-Marshal Gary Martin"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U279562). *Who's Who 2015*. A & C Black. October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

1. ["Former RAF Cottesmore station commander awarded CBE"](http://www.rutland-times.co.uk/news/local/former-raf-cottesmore-station-commander-awarded-cbe-1-3662245). *Rutland Times*. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

1. Dearden, Lizzie (1 November 2014). ["RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian bomber 'approaching the UK'"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/raf-typhoons-scrambled-to-intercept-russian-bomber-approaching-the-uk-9833231.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

1. ["Senior Appointments"](http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/senior-appointments.cfm). *Raf.mod.uk*. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

1. ["Royal Air Force"](https://www.raf.mod.uk/). *Raf.mod.uk*. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

1. No. 62909. 4 February 2019. p. 1959.

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