Steve Kilvington

Stephen Kilvington
Kilvington in 2020
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
Royal Air Force
Service years
1996–present
Rank
Air Vice-Marshal
CommandsNo. 11 Group (2025–)
RAF Waddington (2020–22)
No. 8 Squadron (2014–16)
No. 92 Squadron (2013–14)
Conflicts
War in Afghanistan
War against the Islamic State
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
NATO Meritorious Service Medal

Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Paul Kilvington, CBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer who has served as Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF since November 2025.

RAF career

Educated at the University of Warwick, Kilvington was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1996. After training as a navigator, he was deployed to the Middle East during the War in Afghanistan. He became officer commanding No. 92 Squadron in 2013 and commanded No. 8 Squadron on Operation Shader in 2015, for which he was awarded the NATO Meritorious Service Medal. He then became Air Liaison Officer to the French Air Force in Paris in 2018, and station commander at RAF Waddington in 2020. He went on to be Military Representative to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in June 2022, was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours, and became Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF in November 2025.

References

  1. 1 2 "An Audience With Air Vice-Marshal Steve Kilvington". Air and Space Power Association. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "No. 11 Group Commander: Air Vice-Marshal Steve Kilvington CBE BSc (Hons) MA RAF". Our organisation. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "RAF Waddington: Commander". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023. Group Captain Steve Kilvington ... took Command of RAF Waddington in January 2020.
  4. ↑ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N8.
  5. ↑ "Senior appointments". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 4 September 2026.