Destroying things you don’t want to destroy

Air Commodore Al Byford

Al Byford is the Defence and Political Adviser (Air) for MBDA and was previously a pilot with the RAF. His first experience of conflict came as a Tornado pilot during the 1991 Gulf War. As commander of No. 31 Squadron he introduced Brimstone into RAF service. He served during twelve subsequent operational deployments including commanding 904 Expeditionary Air Wing in Afghanistan.