Sandy Hunter


Alexander Freeland Cairns "Sandy" Hunter, is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.

RAF career

Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, Hunter joined the Royal Air Force in 1962. After a tour as assistant air attaché in the British embassy in Moscow, he became Officer Commanding No. 18 Squadron in 1978, Station Commander at RAF Odiham in 1981 and Group Captain Plans at Strike Command in 1983. He went on to be Director of Public Relations for the RAF in 1987, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1989 and Commander of British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 1990 before retiring in 1993.

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