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Cliff Spink
Air Marshal Clifford Rodney Spink, CB, CBE, FCMI, FRAeS (born 17 May 1946) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who is now a Spitfire display pilot on the national air display circuit. The first Spitfire he ever flew belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, during his tenure as Station Commander of RAF Coningsby. He also served as the 23rd Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, the last but one officer to hold the post.
==Royal Air Force career==
Spink obtained a flying commission at the RAF College Cranwell, and initially learned to fly on the Jet Provost.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cliff Spink CBE )〕 Later training took place on the Gnat and the Hunter, before Spink was posted to his first productive tour on No. 111 Squadron flying the Lightning.〔 Spink was later posted to No. 56 Squadron in Cyprus before returning to No. 111 Squadron.〔 Spink served as the Commanding Officer of No. 74 Squadron before being posted to the South Atlantic in 1989 as the Officer Commanding RAF Mount Pleasant on the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.〔 In 1990 Spink underwent conversion training to the Tornado before becoming Station Commander at RAF Coningsby.〔 In 1991 Spink served as the RAF's Tornado Detachment Commander during the first Gulf War.〔 After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, he became Senior Air Staff Officer of No. 11 Group RAF in March 1993, Chief of Staff of No. 18 Group RAF in 1995 and Air Officer Commanding No. 11/18 Group RAF in 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Groups 10-19 )〕
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