Air Chief MarshalSir Patrick Bardon Hine(born 14 July 1932) is a former seniorRoyal Air Forcecommander. Most notably, he was joint commander of all British forces during theGulf War.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Paddy |
| Born | 14 July 1932 Southampton,England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1953–91 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands | Joint Commander British Forces Gulf War (1991) Strike Command(1988–91) Air Member for Supply and Organisation(1987–88) Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff(1985–87) RAF Germany(1983–85) |
| Battles / wars | Falklands War Gulf War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air |
RAF career
editHine was born nearSouthamptonon 14 July 1932.[1]He was educated atPeter Symonds SchoolinWinchester.[2][failed verification]He entered the RAF on aNational Servicecommission as anacting pilot officeron probation on 22 March 1951,[3]and was regraded as a pilot officer on 6 February 1952. He was commissioned as apilot officeron 14 October 1952 (seniority from 6 February 1952),[4]and promoted to flying officer on 20 March 1953.[5]He was appointed to a permanent commission in the RAF on 1 October 1953, in the rank offlying officer.[6]
As a junior officer, Hine flew theGloster Meteorand then theHawker Hunter.[2]He was promoted toflight lieutenanton 20 September 1956.[7]From 1957 to 1959 he performed on theBlack Arrows,then the RAF's aerobatics display team,[2]which included being part of the team that performed a world record 22-plane loop[8]at Farnborough in 1958. He was awarded theQueen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Airin the 1960Birthday HonoursList.[9]He was promoted tosquadron leaderon 1 July 1962[10]and appointedOfficer CommandingNo. 92 Squadron.[2]On 1 January 1968, he was promoted to wing commander,[11]and was promoted togroup captainon 1 January 1972.[12]
On 1 July 1975, he was promoted toair commodore[13]and was appointed Director of Public Relations for the RAF.[2]He was made Senior Air Staff Officer at HQ RAF Germany in 1979. He was promoted toair vice-marshalon 1 January 1980[14]and was appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) at theMinistry of Defencethe next year.[2]He becameCommanderof theSecond Tactical Air Forceand Commander-in-Chief ofRAF Germanyin 1983.[2]Promoted to actingair marshalby June 1983, he was knighted with aKnight Commander of the Order of the Bathin the 1983 Birthday Honours List.[15]
Promoted toair chief marshalon 1 July 1985,[16]he becameVice-Chief of the Defence Staffthat year.[2]In late 1987 he was appointedAir Member for Supply and Organisation.[17]
Hine was appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-ChiefStrike Commandin 1988.[18]He was promoted to aKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bathin the 1989 New Year Honours List.[19]
He was Joint Commander of all British forces during theGulf War.He was appointed aKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empirein the 1991 Birthday Honours List.[20]
Hine retired from the RAF in 1991 and subsequently became a military advisor toBritish Aerospacefrom which he retired in April 1999.[2]Two years earlier, in 1997, Hine was made theKing of Arms of the Order of the British Empire,making him theheraldto theOrder of the British Empire.
He became a member ofThe Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrewsin 1995 and in May 2010 he was nominated to be the Captain of the Royal and Ancient for the year 2010–11.[21]His home course is Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club in Hampshire, where he is the Club President. Hine also had a prolific amateur golfing career and won theCarris Trophy(England U18 Stroke Play Championship) and theBrabazon Trophy(England Amateur Stoke Play Champion) in 1949. He also won the Hampshire County Championship in that year. He represented England in theEngland–Scotland boys matchin 1948 and 1949.
Family
editHine and his wife, Jill, have three sons.[2]
References
edit- ^Hine, Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick (Bardon).Who's Who 2022.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20255.ISBN978-0-19-954088-4.Retrieved17 February2022.
- ^abcdefghijAir University biography
- ^London Gazette, 11 May 1951
- ^London Gazette, 13 January 1953
- ^London Gazette, 24 March 1953
- ^London Gazette, 5 January 1954
- ^London Gazette, 2 October 1956
- ^"22 Black Arrows".Batting the Breeze.31 January 2024.
- ^London Gazette, 11 June 1960
- ^London Gazette, 3 July 1962
- ^London Gazette, 2 January 1968
- ^London Gazette, 4 January 1972
- ^London Gazette, 1 July 1975
- ^London Gazette, 19 February 1980
- ^London Gazette, 11 June 1983
- ^London Gazette, 16 July 1985
- ^"No. 51136".The London Gazette(Supplement). 30 November 1987. p. 14779.
- ^"No. 51460".The London Gazette(Supplement). 5 September 1988. p. 10056.
- ^London Gazette, 31 December 1988
- ^"No. 52588".The London Gazette(Supplement). 28 June 1991. p. 26.
- ^Sir Patrick Hine is new R&A CaptainEuropean Tour, 6 May 2010