41. "It was a disaster, " said retired British Air Vice Marshal Ron Dick, a military historian and author. 42. He was promoted to air commodore on 1 January 1984, and to air vice marshal on 1 January 1986. 43. He was promoted to the rank of air vice marshal in June 2005, and appointed as Air Commander Australia. 44. "It was a cold-blooded murder, an act of cowardice, " said Air Vice Marshal S . K . Malik. 45. During its short existence, it was commanded by ( British ) Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshals George Mills. 46. By the end of the war he held the acting rank of air vice marshal and had been knighted. 47. On 1 May 2011, Stockwell was appointed Chief of Air Force in succession to Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott. 48. He was not a pilot with any degree of support from Air Vice Marshal Park, the Air Officer Commanding. 49. In 1947 he was promoted to air vice marshal and appointed Chief of Staff at knighted a year later. 50. That plane was then destroyed by a Pakistani surface-to-air missile, said Air Vice Marshal S . K . Malik.