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Sean Bell

Sean Bell enjoyed a first career in the RAF where he flew Harrier fighter jets from land and sea and served on numerous staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and overseas. Operational tours in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Iraq and 3 tours in Afghanistan provided a unique operational perspective. Sean left the RAF in late 2012 in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. Since leaving the RAF Sean has a portfolio career which includes providing defence consultancy services to national and international clients, and running a niche property renovation company. Since 2022 Sean has been providing military analysis for SKY News (and other media outlets) and is a renowned speaker at related conferences. Sean is also the co-host and founder of the RedMatrix Podcast. Sean is also a Fellow of the IoD and the Royal Aeronautical Society, an Ambassador for RAFA, the Chairman of the Aviation Focus Group and the RAF Dinner Club, and is President or Chairman of a variety of charitable causes.
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UK Defence – Are We Ready?

I joined the Royal Air Force in the final decade of the Cold War.  At that time, we lived under the omnipresent threat of war, with the UK Armed Forces postured in Germany to repel the Soviet hordes.  However, NATO prevailed, the dark clouds of imminent conflict dissipated, and the

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