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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MS&T’s Dim Jones recently visited Buochs Airport, the home of Pilatus Aircraft, to explore the PC-21. 2 May 2018
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat is the latest helicopter type to enter service with the UK Army, Royal Marines and Royal Navy. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton to take a look. 2 May 2018
MS&T's Dim Jones visits Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA), part of the Cohort Group. 2 May 2018
Much progress has been achieved on the Royal Navy’s preparations to accept the two new Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) carriers into the Fleet, in both the carrier and the associated F-35B Lightning II programmes. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones captures the status. 2 March 2018
MS&T editors reflect on this gathering of the defense training community in Orlando FL in late November. Managing Editor Jeff Loube, with files from Rick Adams, Dim Jones, and Marty Kauchack, writes. 11 December 2017
ITEC leadership reported on their initiatives to shape ITEC 2015 and beyond to meet the S&T community’s needs. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones attended the I/ITSEC briefing. 10 February 2016
Training for the carriers – sailors and aviators – is complicated by history, technology, and doctrine. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones explains the training strategy. 12 November 2015
In Part 1, MS&T’s Dim Jones visits the Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA), based near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. Some 60 miles south of Oudtshoorn, at Mossel Bay, Starlite Aviation is providing similar training services for RSA nationals and personnel from other nations. Jones continues his journey. 24 August 2015
In Issue 3, MS&T looked at the progress of the F-35 programme, with specific focus on aircrew training, and the plans of the partner nations. Depending on their level of partnership in the programme, these nations are also very much involved from an industrial perspective, not least the UK. Europe Editor Dim Jones reports. 30 June 2015
South Africa’s TSFA provides a valuable service to nations requiring flight test qualified personnel. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones visited the academy. 26 June 2015
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