Educated at
Victoria College, Jersey, Alcock was commissioned in the Technical Branch of the
Royal Air Force in 1959. By the time of the
Gulf War, Alcock was air officer engineering at Headquarters
Strike Command. and promoted to air chief marshal in 1993. The following year Alcock graduated from
Cranfield University before being appointed air officer commanding-in-chief the newly established
Logistics Command on 1 April 1994. The role also carried with it a seat on the
Air Force Board as the air member for logistics and Alcock became the first non-aircrew officer to sit on the Air Force Board. Alcock was succeeded by
Sir John Allison on 8 March 1996. He retired from the RAF on 25 June 1996, and subsequently worked as an aerospace consultant. ==References==