SIR CHRISTOPHER MORANThe RAF’s second most senior officer, Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran, died aged 54 on 26 May, 2010, while competing in a charity triathlon.The father-of-three had served as Commander-in-Chief of Air Command for 14 months and was due to become Chief of the Air Staff, the head of the RAF.He is thought to have suffered heart failure during a 5km run at the end of the race around RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.He was survived by his wife Elizabeth, two daughters and a son.Sir Christopher joined the RAF as a cadet while an engineering undergraduate in Manchester and went on to become a Harrier jump-jet pilot.He had served in the Falklands, flew missions enforcing the no fly zone over northern Iraq in the 1990s and more recently oversaw Nato’s operation in Afghanistan.Away from work, Sir Christopher enjoyed skiing, sailing and reading military history.Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton said: "It is with great sadness and shock that I announce the untimely death of Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran KCB OBE MVO ADC MA BSc FRAeS RAF on Wednesday 26 May 2010.“Sir Chris had been the Commander-in-Chief of Air Command for the last 14 months. During a distinguished career, he served in a wide number of appointments; a Harrier pilot by background, he commanded Royal Air Force Wittering and was the Air Officer Commanding Number 1 Group.“Sir Chris was also Equerry to The Duke of Edinburgh in the early 1990s. A highly respected and courageous leader, this tragic loss comes as a huge blow to the Royal Air Force and, indeed, Defence at large.”
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