Paul "Foo" Kennard is a highly experienced former RAF Chinook pilot who served operationally in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. A Qualified Helicopter Tactics Instructor and Electronic Warfare Instructor, he also worked on operational evaluation, tactics development, and capability upgrades for the UK Chinook force. Since leaving the RAF, Paul has advised governments, militaries, and aerospace companies through his consultancy, Ascalon. He lectures on rotorcraft survivability at the UK Defence Academy, serves on NATO and Vertical Flight Society committees, and is an award-winning aviation journalist and editor, recognised internationally for his contributions to rotorcraft operations and writing.