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Robert W. "Bob" Judson is a retired senior

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officer. He was the first Station Commander of

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in the

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-era.

RAF career

Judson has been involved in many milestone events, personally piloting the 100th Typhoon off the production line to

from the

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' Warton factory (Lancs), and acting as overall formation leader for HM The Queen's 80th birthday flypast of nearly 50 aircraft, considered the largest flypast the

has produced in decades. Promoted to

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on 1 July 2007, Judson served as commander of

Kandahar Airfield Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport (, ), and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield (KAF), is located in the Daman District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, about southeast f ...

in Afghanistan in 2008, 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

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in November 2008.

Corporate career

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

References

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