Another fake general
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_Siow_Huang
Gan was a
weapon systems officer by training. Throughout her military career, she has held command and staff appointments in the SAF, including Commanding Officer of the 203 Squadron, Commander of Air Surveillance and Control Group and was Head of the Joint Manpower Department in the
Ministry of Defence.
[7] Gan succeeded Brigadier-General Neo Hong Keat as Commander of the Air Power Generation Command on 5 October 2016. In July 2019, Gan was appointed Chief of Staff – Air Staff, succeeding Brigadier-General Tommy Tan Ah Han. In March 2020, she resigned as Chief of Staff – Air Staff.
[3]
Gan was also an executive committee member of the
Girl Guides Singapore in 2016 and 2017.
[8]
Gan received the
Public Administration Medal (Military) in 2013.
[9]
Compare with this Air Marshal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Gray_(RAF_officer)
Gray joined the Engineer Branch of the
Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) in 1985.
[1] She was promoted to
flying officer on 18 February 1986,
[3] and to
flight lieutenant on 18 February 1989.
[4] In 1991, she was deployed with the Support Helicopter Force to Iraq as part of the
Gulf War.
[1][5] On 15 June 1992, she moved from a Short Service Commission to a Permanent Commission, and therefore extended her service time to retirement age.
[6]
In 1994, the Women's Royal Air Force merged into the previously all-male
Royal Air Force (RAF). Since then, Gray has served in the RAF. On 1 July 1994, as part of the half-yearly promotions, she was promoted to
squadron leader.
[7] On 1 January 2001, as part of the half-yearly promotions, she was promoted to
wing commander.
[8] In 2003, she was once more deployed to Iraq, this time as part of
Operation Telic (the
Iraq War) and served as Chief Engineer for the
Joint Helicopter Force.
[5]
Air officer
Gray was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the
2005 New Year Honours and,
[9] on 1 January as part of the half-yearly promotions, she was promoted to
air commodore.
[10]
On 29 January 2014, Gray was promoted to
air vice-marshal and appointed Director of Combat Air at
Defence Equipment and Support in the
Ministry of Defence.
[11] In that role she was "responsible for the procurement and maintenance of all combat aircraft, training aircraft and remotely-piloted air systems for the armed forces".
[5] She is the second female officer to be promoted to non-honorary
two-star rank (
major general in the
British Army,
rear admiral in the
Royal Navy or air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force) in the
British Armed Forces since the Second World War; the first was
Elaine West who had been promoted to air vice-marshal in August 2013.
[1] In February 2016, it was announced that she would be the next
Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group. She took up the appointment on 16 June 2016 in succession to
Tim Bishop.
[12] Gray was appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in the
2017 New Year Honours,
[13] and was elected a
Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Engineering.
[14] She handed over command of No. 38 Group to Air Commodore Simon Ellard in December 2018.
[15]
On 20 February 2019, it was announced that Gray had been promoted to
air marshal, and thus becomes Britain's first ever female
three-star officer: she thereby became the most senior female officer in the
British Armed Forces.
[16] Since March 2019, she has been the Director General of the
Defence Safety Authority.
[17]
Gray is a recipient of three
campaign medals; the
General Service Medal, the
Gulf Medal, and the
Iraq Medal. She is also a recipient of the
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
[18] With the change in rules in 2016 making all officer eligible, she was awarded the
Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in recognition of 15 years service.