His passion is football, both watching as an Everton fan and playing, although he is certainly in his twilight years for the latter. He is married to Meg (an American and criminal defence lawyer) and they have two daughters: Sienna and Alessia. He took over as Station Commander at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 July 2022. In August 2021, he returned to the UK and took on the role of Director of the National Air & Space Operations Centre (NASOC) in HQ No. Following command, he was posted to the Pentagon as Assistant to Chief of Defence Staff’s Liaison Officer to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. II (Army Cooperation) Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth, which included two deployments to Operation SHADER, one to Operation BILOXI, and the Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3. Jim was promoted to Wing Commander in 2015 and subsequently completed the Advanced Command and Staff Course. 6 Squadron and took a leading role in the move of Quick Reaction Alert (Interceptor) North from RAF Leuchars to RAF Lossiemouth in 2014. 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.
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