Dim Jones
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.
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The Gladiator program at RAF Waddington, as detailed by Dim Jones, marks a significant leap in synthetic training, integrating multi-domain capabilities for superior readiness. 8 July 2024
Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones attended the ninth Defence Simulation, Education, and Training (DSET) event held 10-13 June in Bristol, UK and online. Read their report. 2 July 2024
MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones spoke with Daniel Robinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Red 6 to find out what he and the company have been upto. 1 May 2024
At IT²EC 2024, MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones interview BISim's Rahul C. Thakkar and Pete Morrison about BISim’s latest products and the future of simulation and training. 23 April 2024
The annual Defence iQ Military Flight Training Conference took place at The Millenium Gloucester Hotel in London between 26th and 28th March 2024. MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones were in attendance. 4 April 2024
The capability of conducting Multi-Domain Operations is currently an aspiration of both NATO and some member nations. However, this is easy to say, more difficult to define, and harder still to do. MS&T’s UK-based special correspondent Dim Jones explores how far down this road the UK is and, crucially, what plans it has for training to achieve its objective. 28 February 2024
The 8th iteration of the Defence Simulation Education & Training (DSET) conference and exhibition took place at the Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol UK between 5-8 June. Representing the event’s Media Partner, Halldale / MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones attended. 26 June 2023
MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones had the opportunity to chat with Daniel Robinson, Co-Founder and CEO of augmented-reality company Red 6, a former RAF Tornado F3 pilot and the first non-US pilot to fly the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor operationally. 29 May 2023
The 8th iteration of the Defence Simulation, Education and Training (DSET) conference and exhibition will take place 5-8 June 2023, live at the Ashton Gate stadium in Bristol and also online. MS&T Magazine is the Lead Media Sponsor. Dim Jones previews the event. 17 May 2023
Young people who have chosen to join the Army straight from school receive their initial training at the British Army Foundation College, some 3 miles west of the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited to observe what goes on there. 3 May 2023
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