David Gledhill Author

David Gledhill joined the Royal Air Force as a navigator in 1973. After training, he flew the F-4 Phantom on squadrons in the UK and West Germany. He was one of the first aircrew to fly the F2 and F3 Air Defence Variant of the Tornado on its acceptance into service and served for many years as an instructor on the operational conversion units of both the Phantom and the Tornado. He served as the executive officer and deputy commander of the Tornado Operational Conversion Unit, which trained the aircrew for the Tornado F3 Force. He commanded the Tornado Fighter Flight in the Falkland Islands and has worked extensively with the armed forces of most NATO nations. He also commanded a small unit conducting operational testing of combat aircraft both in the UK and the USA. He has published a number of factual books on aviation topics and novels in the Phantom Air Combat series set during the Cold War.