Hawk Sqn Cdrs 06
Wing Commander N Clifford
MA LLB RAF
8 August 2003 -
Wing Commander Nigel Clifford took over the command of No 208 Squadron on 8th August 2003. Nigel was born in 1962 in Ipswich. His father served in the RAF as an Education Officer, his mother a teacher. He is the second eldest of 4 children, and lived in various UK and European locations as a child before the family settled in Wiltshire in 1974. Educated at King Edward’s School, Bath and then Exeter University where he studied law, Nigel joined the RAF in 1981 as a University Cadet. His initial Officer Training was in 1983, followed by the Jet Provost course at Linton On Ouse, then Hawk at Valley and Brawdy. He was posted to Tornado GR1, XV Sqn at RAF Laarbruch, arriving in Apr 1987. Nigel served 3 years covering Cold War ops and the fall of the Berlin Wall then was posted to RAF Valley to be a QFI on Hawk in Sep 1990. At RAF Valley, he completed Hawk QFI training then flew on 1 Sqn, 4 FTS before early posting to CFS Hawk Flight in late 1991. He completed his RAF Valley tour as deputy Flight Commander on CFS and was posted on exchange duties to New Zealand in 1993. In New Zealand, Nigel flew the Aermacchi MB 399 in the fast jet training role and then the A4K Skyhawk on a single seat multi-
