Aerospace Analyst, Defence Analysis Department
Expertise: Andrew specialises in all aerospace and air power aspects with particular reference to ballistic missile defence, nuclear issues, unmanned aerial vehicles, national air forces and the air dimension of conflicts around the world. He has also comments widely on aircraft accidents and flight safety.
Current projects: Aerospace analyst, The Military Balance
Background: Andrew Brookes is a former RAF reconnaissance and bomber pilot. He was a NATO Nuclear Release Officer and the last operational RAF Commander at the Greenham Common cruise missile base. After three years as a Group Director at the RAF Advanced Staff College, he became co-ordinator of air power studies at the newly formed Joint Services Command and Staff College. He has had thirteen books published on military aviation and flight safety.
He is a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute.
Joined IISS: March 1999
Contact: Click here to email Andrew Brookes
