Angus Houston
| Sir Angus Houston | |
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| Nickname(s) | Angus |
| Born |
9 June 1947 Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1970–2011 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Defence Force (2005–11) Chief of Air Force (2001–05) Integrated Air Defence System (1999–00) No. 86 Wing (1994–95) 5th Aviation Regiment (1989–90) No. 9 Squadron (1987–89) |
| Awards |
Knight of the Order of Australia (General Division) Companion of the Order of Australia (Military Division) Air Force Cross Complete list |
| Other work | Chairman of the Council for the Order of Australia Chairman of Airservices Australia Chairman of the ANZAC Centenary Advisory Board |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Allan Grant "Angus" Houston AK, AC (Mil), AFC (born 9 June 1947) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force. He served as Chief of Air Force from 20 June 2001 and then as the Chief of the Defence Force from 4 July 2005. He retired from the military on 3 July 2011.
Since then Houston has been appointed to a number of positions, including chairman of Airservices Australia. In March 2014 he was appointed to head the Joint Agency Coordination Centre during the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and in the Australia Day Honours of 2015, he was knighted for this service.
Houston was born on 9 June 1947 in Ayrshire, Scotland and educated at Strathallan School in Forgandenny, Perthshire. He emigrated to Australia in 1968 to work as a jackaroo on a cattle station in north-west Western Australia. It was there that his workmates dubbed him "Angus", due to his strong Scottish accent.
Houston joined the RAAF as a cadet pilot in 1970 and spent the early part of his career flying UH-1 Iroquois helicopters in various parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
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