Richard Felton

Richard Felton
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1985 -
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	9 Regiment Army Air Corps 4th Mechanized Brigade Joint Helicopter Command
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Richard Friedrich Patrick Felton CBE is the Commander of Joint Helicopter Command.

Felton was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport on 6 September 1985. He became Commanding Officer of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in April 2004, Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in April 2007 and Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade in January 2009. It was in this role that he was deployed as Commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2010. He went on to be Chief of Joint Forces Operations at Joint Forces Headquarters in March 2011 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2014.