He will replace Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, who is leaving the post later this year.

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, chief of the defense staff, is accompanying Brown on the visit.

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Bentley Priory, in Harrow, was home to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding's Fighter Command in the summer of 1940.

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The head of the Armed Forces, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, insisted the retention of three services was "plausible".

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The air chief marshal said he did not begrudge the high salaries being offered to his pilots by private airlines.

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Sir Clive was a frontline pilot in the RAF where he participated in air operations over the Falklands, Iraq and the Balkans before becoming air chief marshal and receiving a knighthood in 2006.

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The head of the British Army, General Richard Dannatt, and the head of the British armed forces, Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup, have both said British troops are stretched by fighting wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

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In a statement, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup said the increase in force level would provide 11 Light Brigade with the resources they need to "sustain and build on the hard-won achievements of 19 Light Brigade over the summer - achievements of which the entire nation can and should be proud".

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Mr Luff spoke alongside senior officials and service personnel, including Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray and Air Marshal Steve Hillier, deputy chief of defence staff, Ministry of Defence.

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The article quoted Assistant Chief of the Defense Staff (Operations), Air Vice Marshal Andy Pulford saying British efforts in the region were justified.

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