Andrew Brookes

For the English cricketer, see Andrew Brookes (cricketer).

Andrew Brookes is an English aerospace analyst, author of aviation books and aviation journalist.

He is a former Royal Air Force pilot, and flew 3,500 hours on strategic reconnaissance Victors, Canberras, and also the Vulcan bomber. He was a NATO Nuclear Release Officer and led an aviation safety team at the Ministry of Defence, before being appointed Commander of RAF Greenham Common cruise missile base. He has also served as Group Director at the RAF's Advanced Staff College, and co-ordinator of air power studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

He has been Director of the Air League since 2009, having previously been Aerospace Analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.[1]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and of the Royal United Services Institute, and was voted Defence Aerospace Journalist of the Year in 2004 and 2006.[2][3]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Flightglobal interview". Flightglobal.com. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Aerospace Journalist Of The Year Award - Winners". Ajoya.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Aerospace Journalist Of The Year Award - Winners". Ajoya.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

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