{{short description|British air force officer}} {{for|the air commodore|Ian Stewart (RAF officer)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name = Ian Stewart |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |nickname = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |burial_place = |allegiance = United Kingdom |branch = [[Royal Air Force]] |service_years = 1969–2003 |rank = [[Air vice-marshal]] |service_number = |unit = |commands = [[Air Secretary]]<br/>[[Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier]] Field Force<br/>[[RAF Gutersloh]]<br/>[[No. 1 Squadron RAF|No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron]] |battles = |awards = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]] |relations = |other_work = }} [[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Ian Michael Stewart''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|AFC}} is a former senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]] who served as [[Air Secretary]] from 1998 until his retirement in 2003.
==RAF career== Stewart joined the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) as a pilot in 1969. He flew Harriers, commanded [[No. 1 Squadron RAF|No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron]] and went on to be Station Commander at [[RAF Gutersloh]] and to command the Harrier Field Force in Germany.<ref name=ome>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ome.uk.com/Armed_Forces_Pay_Review_Body/Air_Vice_Marshal_Ian_Stewart_CB.aspx |title=Office of Manpower Economics |access-date=3 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807172936/http://www.ome.uk.com/Armed_Forces_Pay_Review_Body/Air_Vice_Marshal_Ian_Stewart_CB.aspx |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He became [[Air Secretary]] in 1998 before retiring in 2003.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf Senior Royal Air Force Appointments]</ref> He was a member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body from 2005 to 2011. In retirement he worked for the [[Defence Vetting Agency]] in the [[Gloucestershire]] / [[Herefordshire]] area and was Chairman of Marsden Weighing Machine Group from 2007 to November 2019.<ref name=ome/> From 2017 to June 2020 he served as the Personnel Director on the [[Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gwsr.com/supporting_the_railway/management_and_documentation/the_management_team.html|title=The Management Team|publisher=GWSR Railway|accessdate=24 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box | title=[[Air Secretary]] | before=[[Robert O'Brien (RAF officer)|Robert'Brien]] | after={{nowrap|[[Graham Miller (RAF officer)|Graham Miller]]}} | years=1998–2003}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Ian Michael}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Royal Air Force air vice-marshals]] [[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]] [[Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]