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Group Captain Ro Atherton MA RAF is a serving Royal Air Force Officer. With a logistics background, Atherton joined the RAF at 17 in 1979 and completed training at RAF Henlow. She was the first female Station Commander RAF Wittering and was charged with the radical reorganisation of the Royal Air Force's logistics organisation. This included the relocation of the majority of RAF Air Combat Support Units (ACSUs) to the Station and the creation of the A4 Force Headquarters.〔(RAF Wittering A4 Force Headquarters A Guide to the Mission and Roles ) retrieved 2 January 2009〕 Atherton raised a national controversy when she banned RAF Wittering personnel from wearing uniform whilst off duty. This was in response to reports that personnel from the station were receiving abuse due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.〔(RAF commander who banned her personnel from wearing their uniform in a city refuses to back down ) retrieved 10 March 2008〕 Atherton deployed to Afghanistan in July 2008 as Deputy Commander Joint Force Support Headquarters.〔(RAF's first female Force Commander ready for Afghanistan ) retrieved 27 June 2008〕 ==References== |- |- 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ro Atherton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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