Air Vice-Marshal Paul Douglas Luker, is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commander of Joint Helicopter Command from 2002 to 2005.
RAF career
Luker joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1968, trained as a support helicopter pilot and served in Hong Kong,
Northern Ireland, the
Persian Gulf, the
Balkans and
Belize.
[ Biography: Air Vice-Marshal Paul Douglas Luker Blind Veterans] He became Officer Commanding No. 7 Squadron and then Station Commander at
RAF Odiham.
[ Senior Officer becomes HIOW Wing Honorary President] After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, he went on to be Director of Overseas Military Activity at the Ministry of Defence in 1998
[ Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Senior Posts] and then Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in 2002, and latterly served for seven months as Deputy Commanding General of the US-led coalition in
Afghanistan before retiring in 2006.
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Other interests
From 2006 to 2016 Luker served as Chief Executive of the Council of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations,[
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