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and subsequently became the organisation's
President in December 2020. In 2019 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS); he serves as a Committee member of the Society's Air Power Group. He is a member of the Munich Security Conference’s Innovation Board, the Euro-Atlantic
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during this period. Having been promoted to group captain at the end of this tour, he maintained his connection with the Jaguar force by returning to RAF Coltishall from 1999 to 2001 as
Station Commander and Jaguar Force Commander. Throughout this period the Jaguar Force was involved in operations
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Honorary President of No 1475 (Dulwich) Squadron Air Training Corps based in South East London. Following his retirement from the RAF in 2017, Air Mshl Harper became the Honorary Air Commodore of No 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, based at RAF
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Security
Leadership Group and the Alphen Group. Harper is the founder and managing director of CH4C Global Ltd, a small independent company that provides bespoke consultancy services to organisations working in international defence, security, aviation, aerospace, Space and technology.
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Headquarters in
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