Chris Nickols

Air Marshal Christopher Mark Nickols, CB, CBE, FRAeS, DL (born 23 July 1956) is a retired senior officer in the Royal Air Force, whose final appointment was Chief of Defence Intelligence.Educated at St Edmund's School in Canterbury and having read engineering at Downing College, Cambridge, Nickols joined the Royal Air Force in 1974.[1][2] He served as a pilot, flying Jaguars in Germany for 9 years before becoming Officer Commanding No.He was appointed Director of the UK Combined Air Operations Centre in 1997, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff at Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood during the Kosovo War and then Station Commander at RAF Lossiemouth in 2000.1 Group,[1] and was Director of the Combined Air Operations Centre for four months in 2003 during the Iraq War.
Chris NicholsRoyal Air ForceAir MarshalAir Warfare CentreRAF LossiemouthNo. 2 SquadronKosovo WarIraq WarCompanion of the Order of the BathCommander of the Order of the British EmpireChief of Defence IntelligenceAssistant Chief of the Defence StaffSt Edmund's SchoolCanterburyDowning College, CambridgeJaguarsPermanent Joint HeadquartersNorthwoodNo. 1 GroupDeputy LieutenantThe London GazetteNick HoughtonAndrew PulfordStuart PeachAlan Richards