# Ray Lock

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ray_Lock
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ray_Lock.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lock
> Source revision: 1352588297
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Ray Lock
|image= 
|image_size= 
|alt= 
|caption= 
|nickname= 
|birth_date= 
|birth_place= 
|death_date= 
|death_place= 
|burial_place= 
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force)
|service_years= 1977–2012
|rank= [Air Vice Marshal](/source/Air_Vice_Marshal)
|service_number= 
|unit= 
|commands= [RAF Lyneham](/source/RAF_Lyneham)
|battles= [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War)<br/>[Iraq War](/source/Iraq_War)
|awards= [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)
|relations= 
|other_work=
}}
[Air Vice Marshal](/source/Air_Vice_Marshal) '''Ray Lock''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}, is a retired senior [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) officer who served as commandant of the [Joint Services Command and Staff College](/source/Joint_Services_Command_and_Staff_College) from 2010 to 2012.

==RAF career==
Educated at [Glyn Grammar School](/source/Glyn_Grammar_School) and the [University of Bristol](/source/University_of_Bristol), Lock joined the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) (RAF) in 1977.<ref name=bio>[http://www.da.mod.uk/our-work/governance/board-biogs/JSCSCCom Biography at Defence Academy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314065049/http://www.da.mod.uk/our-work/governance/board-biogs/JSCSCCom |date=14 March 2014 }}</ref> He flew combat missions against [Iraq](/source/Iraq) during the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War) in 1991.<ref name=bio/><ref>[http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8279043.Ex_pilot_takes_over_at_college/ Ex-pilot takes over at College] Swindon Advertiser, 19 July 2010</ref> He was appointed commander of the RAF detachment at [Ali Al Salem Air Base](/source/Ali_Al_Salem_Air_Base) in [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait) in 2000 and station commander at [RAF Lyneham](/source/RAF_Lyneham) in 2002.<ref name=bio/> In 2003 he reopened the International Airport at [Basra](/source/Basra) as part of [Operation Telic](/source/Operation_Telic).<ref name=bio/> He went on to be deputy assistant chief of staff at Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood in 2004, air operations director at the Combined Air Operations Centre in [Al Udeid](/source/Al_Udeid) in [Qatar](/source/Qatar) in 2005 and assistant chief of staff at [RAF Strike Command](/source/RAF_Strike_Command) in 2006.<ref name=bio/> He was made commandant of the [Joint Services Command and Staff College](/source/Joint_Services_Command_and_Staff_College) in 2010.<ref name=bio/>

==Corporate career==
Lock became chief executive of the Forces in Mind Trust in December 2012.<ref>[http://www.cobseo.org.uk/news/air-vice-marshal-ray-lock-appointed-new-chief-executive-of-the-forces-in-mind-trust/ Air Vice-Marshal Ray Lock Appointed New Chief Executive of The Forces In Mind Trust] Confederation of Services Charities, 30 January 2013</ref> He lives in [Churchdown](/source/Churchdown) in [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire).<ref>[http://www.cliftondiocese.com/local-air-vice-marshal-is-her-majestys-guest Air Vice Marshal is Her Majesty's Guest] Clifton Diocese</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-mil}}
{{s-bef|before=[Graham Binns](/source/Graham_Binns)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the [Joint Services Command and Staff College](/source/Joint_Services_Command_and_Staff_College)|years=2010–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=[James Morse](/source/James_Morse)}}
{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, Ray}}
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Living people
Category:Royal Air Force air vice-marshals
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of the Gulf War
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ray Lock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lock?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.