Dim Jones, our MS&T Magazine Europe Editor, is a former RAF Group Captain with 44 years’ experience in defence aviation, having flown more than 7,700 hours in a wide variety of aircraft, the vast majority fast- jet. Dim served as an Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner with the USAF, and as a Qualified Tactics Instructor, Squadron Commander, Station Commander and Deputy Inspector of Flight Safety. Dim spent the last six years as a Qualified Pilot Nav Instructor on the Hawk.

Idea to Reality? Aeralis at Stage 3

November 15, 2022

Dim Jones

It is some 50 years since the UK aerospace industry produced a new training aircraft. All that may be about to change with the development of a new family of modular aircraft by a company called Aeralis.

An AH64 Apache conducts dust landings while deployed to RAFO Musannah as part of Ex PINION OMAN 21

Omega: A Ukraine-Driven Urgency

November 2, 2022

Dim Jones

This year, MS&T's Dim Jones is happy to report, Covid constraints had been lifted, and the Omega conference attracted over 150 delegates from 14 nations.

Superna Petimus: ‘We Seek Higher Things’

August 30, 2022

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Some 56 years on, MS&T’s Martin ‘Dim’ Jones revisited RAF Cranwell, the scene of some of the earliest of his many crimes to find that the hallowed portals remain outwardly pretty much the same.

IT2EC Reborn, Finally

June 14, 2022

Dim Jones and Andy Fawkes

The return to London’s ExCel Centre and lifting of Covid restrictions helped resurrect the long-delayed 31st iteration of IT²EC. MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones took in the conference and exhibition and came away with a range of reactions.

Journey to Resurrection: ITEC 22

April 25, 2022

Dim Jones and Andy Fawkes

The much-delayed 31st iteration of the ITEC exhibition and conference will take place at the ExCel in London 26-28 April. MS&T’s Dim Jones and Andy Fawkes discussed the aspirations of the organisers, Clarion Defence and Security, with their Chairman, Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) Gary Waterfall.

Saab Claims 25% US Market Share

April 20, 2022

Dim Jones

MS&T's Europe Editor Dim Jones talked with Hans Lindgren, Saab Training and Simulation’s Head of Business Development.

The Kipper Fleet Rises Again

April 20, 2022

Dim Jones

In January, the last of nine Poseidon MRA1 airframes was delivered to the RAF at Lossiemouth in Scotland and on 7 March the first UK-based Operational Conversion course commenced.

Ukraine on the Mind at MFTC

April 19, 2022

Dim Jones

Ukraine and pilot training took centre stage at the Defence IQ Military Flight Training Conference.

After Helmand: Air-Land Integration

September 7, 2021

Dim Jones

Dim Jones reports on the inaugural Omega Air-Land Integration Conference.

Protector – Reaper on Steroids

August 31, 2021

Dim Jones

The UK RPAS capability is set to take an exponential step with the imminent introduction of Reaper’s successor system, Protector.

From Coalface to Creation, Why Bottom-Up Innovation Matters - Ed Ebbern

Ed Ebbern joins Tom and Colin on this week's episode of The Warfighter Podcast, to discuss the UK's Battlelab, a new initiative to stimulate creative ideas across the UK Armed Forces.

WATCH-Fix The Leaky Bucket To Boost The Number Of Female Pilots

Watch Sarah Barry, an experienced airline pilot, Senior Lecturer and Director of Education in the School of Aviation and Security at Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, UK, talk with Captain Jacques Drappier about the issues that are continuing to prevent a surge in the number of women pilots.

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blackshark.ai is All In for Expanding Beyond Defense S&T

In the first in a series of simulation and training industry innovators disrupting the market space, Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak gained insights from Gastão de Figueiredo, Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at blackshark.ai.