A NEW face is in command at RAF Brize Norton, Britain’s biggest RAF station.
Air Commodore Jon Ager has handed over to Group Captain Dom Stamp.
Gp Capt Stamp said: “I feel an immense sense of pride, and humility, in assuming command of such an important, operationally focused and historically acclaimed station.”
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1988 and trained to fly Hercules transport planes.
He has seen service in the Gulf War, the Falkland Islands, the Balkans, Sierra Leone and the relief effort in Rwanda.
He is also a qualified air transport flight instructor and display pilot.
Group Captain Stamp is married to Sheena and they have two children, daughter Deanna and son Euan. His interests include history, fitness training and playing music.
Air Cdre Ager has moved to a new post at Air Command, at RAF High Wycombe.
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