Bob Judson

Bob Judson
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service 1980–2015
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Commands held Kandahar Airfield (2008)
RAF Coningsby (2004–06)
Battles/wars War in Afghanistan

Air Vice Marshal Robert W. "Bob" Judson is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and was the first Station Commander of RAF Coningsby in the Eurofighter Typhoon-era.

Judson has been involved in many milestone events, personally piloting the 100th Typhoon off the production line to RAF Coningsby from the BAE Systems' Warton factory (Lancs) [1] and acting as overall formation leader for HM The Queen's 80th birthday flypast [2] of nearly 50 aircraft,[3] considered the largest flypast the Royal Air Force has produced in decades.

Promoted to air commodore on 1 July 2007,[4] Judson served as commander of Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan in 2008,[5] and stars in the Channel Five documentary Warzone, which looks into the life and operations of personnel stationed at the airfield.

Judson was appointed Director Targeting and Information Operations in the Ministry of Defence in November 2008.[6]

Since 2015, Judson is a Director in the Resilience and Crisis Management Team, part of Deloitte UK's Risk Advisory service line. [7]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Unknown
Station Commander RAF Coningsby
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Stuart D Atha
Preceded by
Ashley Stevenson
Commander Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
2008
Succeeded by
A D Fryer
Preceded by
G A Wright
Director Targeting and Information Operations
2008–2010
Succeeded by
Unknown
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