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Downing College.
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Chris Nickols
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Prior to that he served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations). Educated at Street Edmund"s School in Canterbury and having read Engineering at Downing College, Cambridge, Nickols joined the Royal Air Force in 1974. He served as a pilot, flying Jaguars in Germany for 9 years before becoming Officer Commanding Number.
2 Squadron in 1993.
He was also Air Commodore Offensive Operations at Headquarters Number. 1 Group. He was also Director of the Combined Air Operations Centre for four months in 2003 during the Iraq War. He was made Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) in 2005 and Chief of Defence Intelligence in 2009.
He is Chairman of the Royal Air Force Polo Association.
