. . "Jock"@en . "2011Z"^^ . "No. 1 Group" . "Chief of the Defence Staff" . "Chief of the Air Staff" . . . "1949Z"^^ . "1949-12-04Z"^^ . "Marshal of the Royal Air Force Graham Eric \"Jock\" Stirrup, Baron Stirrup KG, GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI (born 4 December 1949) is a former senior Royal Air Force commander who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until his retirement in late 2010. He is now a Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In April 2013, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II.As a junior RAF officer, Stirrup was a fast jet pilot, seeing action in the Dhofar War."@en . "8020760D" . . . "1968Z"^^ . "Stirrup, Jock"@en . . "RAF Marham" . . "No. 2 Squadron" . "The Lord Stirrup"@en . . . "Royal Air Force air marshal" . . .