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| − | Christopher Leake and Robert Verkaik, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028260/Top-brass-use-helicopters-like-taxis-Admiral-flies-meeting-costs-659.html Top military brass 'use helicopters like taxis': Admiral flies to a meeting only 16 miles away... and it costs nearly £700], ''Mail Online'', 21 August 2011. | + | Christopher Leake and Robert Verkaik, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028260/Top-brass-use-helicopters-like-taxis-Admiral-flies-meeting-costs-659.html Top military brass 'use helicopters like taxis': Admiral flies to a meeting only 16 miles away... and it costs nearly £700], ''Mail Online'', 21 August 2011. |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 14 October 2012
Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE was Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Commander Allied Maritime Command Northwood and Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom prior to his retirement on 6 January 2012.[1]
Sunday Times sting operation
In 2012, Soar was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[2]
External Resources
Christopher Leake and Robert Verkaik, Top military brass 'use helicopters like taxis': Admiral flies to a meeting only 16 miles away... and it costs nearly £700, Mail Online, 21 August 2011.
Notes
- ↑ Up and out : Promotions, retirements, new posts for senior UK military personnel September 2011, defenceviewpoints.co.uk, 19 September 2011.
- ↑ Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
