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href="/wiki/File:Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/220px-Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/330px-Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/440px-Warrant_Officer_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Murugesvaran_Subramaniam" title="Murugesvaran Subramaniam">Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam</a><br /></div>since&#160;April 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer">Warrant Officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">WORAF</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Not fixed,<br />typically 2–3 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">May&#160;1996<span class="noprint">&#59;&#32;28&#160;years ago</span><span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1996-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data">WO <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Dutton&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Dutton (page does not exist)">Greg Dutton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/senior-commanders/warrant-officer-of-the-royal-air-force/">Official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force</b> (<b>WORAF</b>), previously known as the <b>Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer</b> (<b>CASWO</b>), is the senior <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) appointment for a <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_Kingdom)" title="Warrant officer (United Kingdom)">warrant officer</a> (WO), and therefore the most senior <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned</a> appointment in the RAF.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The person holding this <a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_appointment&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Military appointment (page does not exist)">military appointment</a> advises the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> (CAS) on matters concerning <a href="/wiki/RAF_other_ranks" title="RAF other ranks">airmen and airwomen</a> of the RAF.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LyndsayMorgan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyndsayMorgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The post was created in May&#160;1996<span class="noprint">&#59;&#32;28&#160;years ago</span><span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1996-05</span>)</span>, as the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-Halton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-Halton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The post was re-titled Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF) on 1&#160;July 2021<span class="noprint">&#59;&#32;3 years ago</span><span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2021-07-01</span>)</span>, and whilst continuing to report directly to the Chief of the Air Staff, the scope of the WORAF was widened to 'work for the entirety of the RAF'.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF-FF.org.uk_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-FF.org.uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The current WORAF is WO <a href="/wiki/Murugesvaran_Subramaniam" title="Murugesvaran Subramaniam">Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam</a>, who was appointed in April&#160;2023<span class="noprint">&#59;&#32;1&#160;year ago</span><span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2023-04</span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF-WORAF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-WORAF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Subby_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subby-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, including the incumbent, there has been a total of eleven personnel in this appointment. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> equivalent is the <a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_to_the_Royal_Navy" title="Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy">Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy</a> (WORN, previously Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, WONS),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in the <a 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The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s recent equivalent is the <a href="/wiki/Army_Sergeant_Major" title="Army Sergeant Major">Army Sergeant Major</a> (previously known as Sergeant Major of the Army).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_holders">List of holders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: List of holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born–died)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> </th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Refences">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Dutton&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Dutton (page does not exist)">Greg Dutton</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span>&#44;&#32;<span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_Medal" title="British Empire Medal">BEM</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-05-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 1998</span></td> <td>1&#160;year, 8&#160;months</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Graydon" title="Michael Graydon">Sir Michael Graydon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Johns" title="Richard Johns">Sir Richard Johns</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><b>Jim Andrews</b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span>&#44;&#32;<span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_Medal" title="British Empire Medal">BEM</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 1998</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2000</span></td> <td>2&#160;years</td> <td>Sir Richard Johns</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Michael_Stuart&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="René Michael Stuart (page does not exist)">René Michael Stuart</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2000</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-05-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2003</span></td> <td>3&#160;years, 4&#160;months</td> <td>Sir Richard Johns<br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Peter_Squire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Peter Squire">Sir Peter Squire</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Loughlin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Loughlin (page does not exist)">Robert 'Bob' Loughlin</a></b></span><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-05-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2003</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 2006</span></td> <td>3&#160;years, 6&#160;months</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jock_Stirrup,_Baron_Stirrup" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup">Sir Jock Stirrup</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Torpy" title="Glenn Torpy">Sir Glenn Torpy</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg/85px-Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg/128px-Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Warrant_Officer_Lindsey_Morgan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="1253" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lyndsay_Morgan" title="Lyndsay Morgan">Lyndsay Morgan</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 2006</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2009</span></td> <td>2&#160;years, 8&#160;months</td> <td>Sir Glenn Torpy</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LyndsayMorgan_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyndsayMorgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gary_Wilcox" title="Gary Wilcox">Gary Wilcox</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-02-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 2012</span></td> <td>2&#160;years, 7&#160;months</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dalton" title="Stephen Dalton">Sir Stephen Dalton</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LyndsayMorgan_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LyndsayMorgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-Halton_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-Halton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Spark" title="Graeme Spark">Graeme Spark</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-02-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 2012</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2014</span></td> <td>2&#160;years, 8&#160;months</td> <td>Sir Stephen Dalton<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pulford" title="Andrew Pulford">Sir Andrew Pulford</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_military_London_Pride_(Clive_Martland_cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/85px-UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/128px-UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-UK_military_London_Pride_%28Clive_Martland_cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="462" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clive_Martland" title="Clive Martland">Clive Martland</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1968)</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2014</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2016</span></td> <td>2&#160;years</td> <td>Sir Andrew Pulford<br /><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hillier" title="Stephen Hillier">Sir Stephen Hillier</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CASWO_Jon_Crossley_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg/85px-CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg/128px-CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-CASWO_Jon_Crossley_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1216" data-file-height="1199" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Crossley" title="Jon Crossley">Jon Crossley</a></b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2016</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2019</span></td> <td>3&#160;years</td> <td>Sir Stephen Hillier<br /><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wigston" title="Michael Wigston">Sir Michael Wigston</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/85px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/128px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/170px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jake_Alpert" title="Jake Alpert">Jake Alpert</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2019</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2021</span></td> <td>1&#160;year, 9&#160;months</td> <td>Sir Michael Wigston</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" align="center">Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force (WORAF) </th></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/85px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/128px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg/170px-CASWO_Jake_Alpert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jake_Alpert" title="Jake Alpert">Jake Alpert</a></b><br /><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2021</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-04-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 2023</span></td> <td>1&#160;year, 9&#160;months</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wigston" title="Michael Wigston">Sir Michael Wigston</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-CASWO_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-CASWO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-FF.org.uk_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-FF.org.uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/85px-WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/128px-WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg/170px-WORAF_Murugesvaran_Subramaniam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Murugesvaran_Subramaniam" title="Murugesvaran Subramaniam">Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam</a></b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-04-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 2023</span></td> <td><i>Incumbent</i></td> <td>1&#160;year, 7&#160;months</td> <td>Sir Michael Wigston<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Knighton" title="Richard Knighton">Sir Richard Knighton</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Subby_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subby-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF-WORAF_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-WORAF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Template:RAF_Other_Ranks" title="Template:RAF Other Ranks">Template: RAF Other Ranks</a> — table of all non-commissioned ranks and insignia of the Royal Air Force, including the WORAF</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Air Force">Warrant Officer of the Air Force</a> — equivalent in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a> — equivalent in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Air_Force" title="Sergeant Major of the Air Force">Sergeant Major of the Air Force</a> — equivalent in the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a> (SAAF)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 November</span> 2010</span>. <q>The conference has taken place annually for the last 12 years, since the post of Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer (CASWO) was created.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=RAF.MoD.uk&amp;rft.atitle=RAF+Halton+hosts+the+Chief+of+the+Air+Staff%27s+conference+for+Warrant+Officers&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raf.mod.uk%2Frafhalton%2Fnewsweather%2Findex.cfm%3Fstoryid%3DB250D962-5056-A318-A84A5D69B4B244C5&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWarrant+Officer+of+the+Royal+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RAF-FF.org.uk-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RAF-FF.org.uk_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RAF-FF.org.uk_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/warrant-officer-of-the-royal-air-force/">"Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force"</a>. <i>RAF-FF.org.uk</i>. 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Charles Rivezzo (24 January 2023). <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Readout_of_STARCOM_Senior_Leaders%27_Travel_to_the_United_Kingdom_(7625955).jpg"><i>Readout of STARCOM Senior Leaders' travel to the United Kingdom</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(JPG)</span> (photograph-description). <a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. 230125-F-OR751-0003<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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A brilliant 3 years as Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer. Welcome WO Jake Alpert"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) &#8211; via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Thank+you+WO+Jon+Crossley.+A+brilliant+3+years+as+Chief+of+the+Air+Staff%27s+Warrant+Officer.+Welcome+WO+Jake+Alpert.&amp;rft.date=2019-10-04&amp;rft.au=ChiefofAirStaff&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FChiefofAirStaff%2Fstatus%2F1180179485519429632&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWarrant+Officer+of+the+Royal+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">formations<br />and units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands" title="List of Royal Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a 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