Career
Since July 2014, he has been Air Officer Commanding Number. 1 Group
He was Officer Commanding Number. 41 Squadron Royal Air Force from 1 April 2006 to 8 June 2007.
On 15 December 2010, Waterfall led the final 16-ship flypast of the Harrier when they were retired from service.
On promotion to air commodore in June 2011, he was deployed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Combined Air Operations Centre 5 to assume command of the United Kingdom air contribution to the liberation of Libya, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Operational Honours List in March 2012. Since July 2014, he has been Air Officer Commanding Number.
1 Group. In that role, he is also head of the air defence of the United Kingdom.