Stephen Dalton

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB, FRAeS
Air Chief Marshal Dalton in 2012
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
In office 13 March 2017 – 30 June 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Chief Minister	Ian Gorst John Le Fondré
Preceded by	Sir John McColl
Succeeded by	Jerry Kyd
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-23) 23 April 1954 (age 70) Leicester, England
Alma mater	University of Bath
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1976–2013
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands	Chief of the Air Staff Air Member for Personnel Controller Aircraft RAF Coltishall XIII Squadron
Battles/wars	Operation Jural
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton, GCB, FRAeS (born 23 April 1954)^[1] is a retired senior officer of the Royal Air Force and former Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey.

As commanding officer of XIII Squadron, Dalton deployed on Operation Jural, the United Kingdom's contribution to Operation Southern Watch enforcing the No-Fly Zone over Southern Iraq. He then moved on to high command, serving as Head of Air Operations at the Ministry of Defence during the preparations for and conduct of Operation Telic in Iraq. Most recently he was appointed Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Royal Air Force, in which role he advised the British Government on the deployment of air power during the Libyan conflict. In that capacity he implemented 2,700 redundancies, as determined by the Strategic Defence and Security Review.