title: Peter Stockwell
text: # Peter Stockwell
  
  Air Vice Marshal Peter James Stockwell, ONZM, AFC is a retired senior Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) commander and former Chief of Air Force.
  
  ## Career
  
  Stockwell joined the RNZAF in January 1973 as a navigator. On the completion of his navigator training, Stockwell was posted to No. 1 Squadron, which flew the B170 Bristol Freighter at that time. He later held flying posts on No. 41 Squadron RNZAF based in Singapore and No. 40 Squadron RNZAF based at RNZAF Base Auckland at Whenuapai.
  
  On 1 May 2011, Stockwell was appointed Chief of Air Force in succession to Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott. Stockwell's tenure ended on 1 May 2014, at which point he retired from the RNZAF following 41 years of service. Stockwell went on to become CTC Aviation's (now L3Harris) managing director.
  
  Stockwell was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force.
  
  