Jason AppletonJason Appleton is a senior Royal Air Force officer.Military careerAppleton was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in January 1991. After qualifying as a navigator, he became officer commanding No. [28 Squadron RAF|No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron]. He went on to be station commander at RAF Shawbury in August 2015, Assistant Head Commitments, Joint Helicopter Command in May 2017 and Deputy Chief of Staff, Support at Allied Air Command in July 2019. After that he was appointed Transformation Programme Director at RAF Air Command in September 2022 and Air [Officer Commanding] No. 2 Group RAF in March 2024.