From there, he was posted to RAF Leuchars as a flight commander on No. Three weeks after his appointment, the Typhoon Force was deployed as part of Operation ELLAMY in Libya and he was extensively involved with the generation and sustainment of the Force during its first overseas operation. 1 Group as the operations staff officer on the Typhoon Role Desk. In early 2011, he was promoted to Squadron Leader and posted to HQ No. Returning to the UK in 2008, he was posted to the growing Typhoon Force, where he served on No. He then completed an exchange tour in the USA, spending three years flying the F16CJ aircraft with the 79th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. 41 (Fighter) Squadron at RAF Coltishall in 2002. After flying training, he began his frontline flying career on the Jaguar aircraft, joining No.

Group Captain Jim 'Rosie' Lee joined the Royal Air Force as a graduate entrant in 1998.