Introducing the Team - 4

Phil was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in Oct 1965, living in Albrighton next to RAF Cosford and joined the RAF as a Physical Training Instructor in March 1986. He completed tours at RAF Stanmore Park and RAF Swinderby before training as a Parachute Jumping Instructor in 1991.  As a PJI he has worked at Military Training Flight (couple of tours), Joint Services Parachute Centre (Weston) and a 3 year tour in Germany at Bad Lippspringe.  He previously worked at MOD Boscombe Down until May 2005 working in Test and Evaluation, then came to JADTEU RAF Brize Norton in April 2007.  He has accumulated over 4000 parachute descents.
He is married to Natalie and has 2 children, Tia and Jamie. He has been a Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter for many years and his hobbies include Skydiving – he is a BPA Tandem Instructor, Accelerated Freefall Instructor and Advanced Instructor.  He has represented Support and Strike Command at football and he has a tendency to fall asleep in pubs and bars!