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Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies, University of Birmingham

Dr Peter Gray retired from the Royal Air Force in June 2008, having reached the rank of Air Commodore; he took up the position of Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies at the University of Birmingham on 1st September 2008. Gray spent his early career as a navigator on the F4 Phantom aircraft and, more recently, commanded 101 Squadron flying VC10 K tanker aircraft. He has spent two staff tours in the personnel field followed by a lengthy sojourn in the Cabinet Office, several appointments in the Ministry of Defence and has served as Director of Defence Studies for the Royal Air Force. Gray is a graduate of the Higher Command and Staff Course and was assistant director on the 2001 programme. Gray holds degrees from the Universities of Dundee, London, Cambridge and Birmingham (PhD). He is a Fellow of the RAeS, the Royal Historical Society and of the Institute of Leadership and Management. His latest book - Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive was published in June 2012.

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    Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies, University of Birmingham