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== Responsibilities ==
As the RAF progressively adopts responsibility for Air Capability planning and management from MOD Head Office, CAS will be responsible for commissioning RAF equipment, materiel and other support requirements. As a Service Chief of Staff, he has the right of direct access to the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister. CAS chairs the Air Force Board Standing Committee, and is a member of the Defence Council, the Air Force Board, the Armed Forces Committee, the Chiefs’Chiefs' of Staff Committee and the Senior Appointments Committee. Current responsibilities for CAS include:
 
* Managing the AIR Top-Level Budget to deliver the RAF’sRAF's Command Plan, in accordance with defence priorities and standing military tasks within the delegated funding;
* Ensuring the long-term health of the service, focusing on professional standards, ethos, welfare, career management and morale;
* Ensuring that the whole force, including civil servants and contractors, plays its part in delivering the required operational effects as components of a single team