{{Short description|Royal Air Force air marshal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox military person |name= Sir Roger Austin |image= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1940|03|09|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |service_years= 1957–97 |rank= Air Marshal |unit= |commands= Royal Air Force College Cranwell (1989–92)<br/>RAF Chivenor (1980–82)<br/>No. 233 Officer Conversion Unit (1974–77)<br/>No. 4 Squadron (1969–70)<br/>No. 54 Squadron (1969) |battles= |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br/>Air Force Cross |relations= |other_work= }} Air Marshal '''Sir Roger Mark Austin''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|AFC|FRAeS}} (born 9 March 1940) is a retired Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Systems).
==Flying career== Educated at King Alfred's Grammar School, Austin was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1957.<ref name=WW>''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}}</ref> He became commanding officer of No. 54 Squadron in 1969, commanding officer of No. 233 Officer Conversion Unit in 1974 and Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding RAF Strike Command in 1977.<ref name=WW/> He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Chivenor in 1980, a staff officer at RAF Strike Command in 1982 and Director of Operational Requirements at the Ministry of Defence in 1984.<ref name=WW/> After that he became Air Officer in charge of the Central Tactics and Trials Organisation 1987, Director-General Aircraft in 1987 and Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1989.<ref name=WW/> His final appointments were as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems) in 1992, Controller Aircraft in 1994 and Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement (Operations) in 1995 before retiring in 1997.<ref name=WW/>
In retirement he worked as a defence consultant for various companies including Serco Defence.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000710/text/00710w05.htm Former Civil Servants] Hansard</ref> He also became National President of the Royal British Legion.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/26784.stm UK Festival of Remembrance spans the generations] BBC News, 10 November 1997</ref>
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