Air Staff
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About Air Staff
The Air Staff is one of the Department of the Air Force's two statutorily designated headquarters staffs: the other staff is the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, also known as the Secretariat. The Air Staff is headed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...
The Nigerian with a mission to see a bagpipe revival
By Rob WilsonBBC World Service Outlook
Pipe Major Chukwu Oba Kalu is trying to turn a teenage dream into a national revival of playing the bagpipes in Nigeria.
The 46-year-old first saw the instrument Played By a member of a police marching band when he was 18, and a trumpeter for The Boys ' Brigade in Abia state, south-east Nigeria.
He was captivated, and told himself that One Day he would learn How To play.
" It doesn't sound like any other instrument. It simply has an evocative sound… It touches the mind, "
Chukwu's first thought was to see if he could enrol at the prestigious National Piping Centre in Scotland, but lacked the funds to secure his place and get a visa.
His next idea was to get the instrument sent to Nigeria through mail order, but this too proved challenging.
He sent out emails to bagpipe sellers in the UK and US to see if he could buy a practice chanter, the introductory instrument for aspiring bagpipe players, but says he did not hear anything back for a long time.
Eventually, he got his first reply and only then understood why people might have been avoiding him.
The Seller from California told him that people thought he was a scammer looking for their bank details.
To prove he was genuine, Chukwu posted US dollars in cash to California, And Then Waited For his first chanter to arrive.
" I was excited when it arrived in The Post . As I touched it, I simply knelt down and prayed and I said: 'God, this is finally coming to me. '"
The chanter arrived in 2009, several years after he sent out his first emails.
The Practice chanter has a delicate Reed - essential for The Mouthpiece of the instrument - which Chukwu had been warned to be very careful not to break.
" So I was handling the Reed As If it was a new-born baby, like something so sensitive that I don't even want anybody to come close to me when I'm carrying it. "
Part of Chukwu's interest in the bagpipes comes from His Family .
His grandfather worked with British soldiers during the colonial period when Nigeria was under British rule and was known as Sagin, or Sergeant, to his friends and family.
He would sing war songs from his bedroom and Chukwu was fascinated to find out what they meant.
" This is more like a gene Coming Back again, " Chukwu explained.
" I want To Believe that The Passion that my grandfather had working very closely with The British soldiers, The Missionaries that came… The Thing is still running. "
After he started to play The Practice chanter, Chukwu soon upgraded to a full set of Great Highland Bagpipes.
He also set out to find other bagpipe players in the country, in The Hope of forming a marching band.
During the colonial era, Scottish soldiers had taught Nigerians to play, and after independence in 1960 bands in the army and police maintained The Tradition .
But things faded as the instruments got old and The Musicians retired.
Chukwu tracked down some of the old musicians who could still play and together they began to recruit others and teach them the basics.
His band, Scottish Power Nigeria, now gets hired out for weddings, funerals and other events.
But his ambition did not stop there.
" My Passion and my dream went beyond just playing The Pipe as an artist, to seeking a return and revival of bagpipe music in Nigeria. "
Chukwu wrote a proposal to train marching bands in the army, navy and Air Force .
The Chief of Air Staff took a chance on him, and he organised a three-month training course for A Band . The Graduation Ceremony was in early 2019.
During The Ceremony , the leaders of other military agencies were invited, and The Head of the navy asked Chukwu to organise a similar course.
He also recommended a revamp in the army, suggesting a special presidential piping unit, which was welcomed as The President of The Time Muhammadu Buhari had already shown interest in the instrument.
Some might question why Chukwu is so passionate about an instrument and culture whose origins lie in another part of The World , and was associated with Britain's colonisation of Nigeria.
But in his mind The Music and culture of Scotland and Nigeria are closer than might be thought.
" This particular instrument is not actually alien to Nigeria and Africa. In Nigeria there is a flute-like instrument [the oja], which through my study I saw that it is the ancestor of [the bagpipes]. So this instrument has been here With Us . "
Chukwu is hoping to continue training pipe bands in other military and security agencies.
" I'm so happy that it is actually moving and it's going to move more, " says Chukwu.
And he still has his eyes on a visit to the heartland of The Great Highland Bagpipes.
" I intend to visit Scotland this year by The Grace of God, once the resources come to me, [because] I've not been to Scotland before. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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