Trade Announcements

A new post, Air Member for Technical Services, has been created on the Air Council for the head of a new Department which will be responsible for all aspects of the technical work of the Royal Air Force and in particular with the building up of the technical branch as a unified section. The post of Air Member for Training is being discontinued; responsibility for flying training will be assumed by the Air staff and for technical training by the new Department. Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill has been appointed as the first holder of the new post.