Derek James

Wing Commander Derek James is a serving Royal Air Force officer, specialising in air intelligence and targeting, with broad experience as a military staff officer and instructor.  For six years, he was the RAF’s senior targeting instructor responsible for teaching targeting processes, balanced with acceptable collateral damage estimation.  He has served on several operational deployments and has earned a Master of Arts degree in Intelligence and Security. Recently he has been part of the Directing Staff of the RAF Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham.  He is currently serving in a NATO post in Italy and has studied the battles of Cassino since 2002.