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Mar 01, 1935 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 89 years old
Retired senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force
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About Ray Funnell
- Air Marshal Raymond George (Ray) Funnell, (born 1 March 1935) is a retired senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
- He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1987 until 1992.
- A graduate of RAAF College, he began his career flying CAC Sabre jet fighters in Australia and South East Asia in the 1950s and 1960s.
- From 1972 to 1975 he commanded No.
- 6 Squadron, during which time the General Dynamics F-111C swing-wing bomber entered Australian service.
- He held senior staff posts in the early 1980s.
- In 1986, he was promoted to air marshal and became the inaugural Vice Chief of the Defence Force.
- Appointed CAS in July 1987, Funnell was closely involved in the development and dissemination of air power doctrine.
- He retired from the RAAF in October 1992 following his term as CAS, and was founding Principal of the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies from 1994 to 1998.
- Since then he has served on various Federal Government committees on immigration and detention.
