Wing Commander (ret.)
Jez
Parkinson
Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Subject Matter Expert
Wing Commander (ret.) Jez Parkinson is a RAF Regiment Officer with 33-years’ regular Service; over half in the Multinational environment and in excess of 7-years on operations. He continues to work as a Reservist in the Force Protection Environment and as a civilian on Asset Protection collaborating with the military, industry and academia. He is the author of NATO FP Policy, FP Doctrine for Air Operations and the current Custodian for Joint FP Doctrine. He is responsible for the development and delivery of NATO FP Courses as well as writing several publications and articles on FP.
Information provided is current as of February 2022
From the Author
Introduction to the Resilient Basing Enhancement Workbook 2nd Edition
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
By Lt Col
Frans
Van de Weerd
Update January 2024: The number of inputs received up to now is insufficient to make a thorough analysis. As stated in para 1.5 Caveat: ‘A delay in response will result in a corresponding delay [...]
A View from Above
Air Domain Focused Observations on the Ukraine Conflict
By Maj
Brian
Ladd
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
By Col
Erik
Rab
By Lt Col
Marco
Sampimon
By Maj
Eelco
Tolsma
Although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing, with no prospect for termination of the hostilities in the foreseeable future, some initial observations can be made with respect to the air domain. These [...]
NATO Force Protection on a Knife Edge
A Think-Piece
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
Like previous Force Protection (FP) pieces published by the JAPCC, this work is designed to be a ‘Think-Piece’. Its purpose is to provoke debate with the deliberate intention of engaging and challenging colleagues in that [...]
The Implications for Force Protection Practitioners of Having to Counter Unmanned Systems
A Think-Piece
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
The subject of Counter-Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) has become what can best be described as a ‘hot-topic’, not just for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) but, globally. The primary question that this think-piece seeks [...]
Think-Piece on Force Protection Command and Control (FPC2)
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
The Airbase of the future will likely be a location where multiple nations come together to operate a wide variety of different air platforms, in substantial numbers. Furthermore, the capability, scarcity and cost of fifth-generation [...]
Institutionalizing Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Lessons Learned from Afghanistan
An Overview – Part 2
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
As this is the conclusion of a two-part article, it is highly recommended to read, or re-read, Part 1 before reading this portion. As a reminder, this article represents the distillation of many hundreds of [...]
Institutionalizing Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Lessons Learned from Afghanistan
An Overview – Part 1
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
Background. In January 2014, the JAPCC, together with the Joint Allied Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC), was asked by NATO HQ Emerging Security Challenges Division (ESCD), on behalf of NATO’s Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force, [...]
Developing Future Force Protection Capability
Part 1: Where Might We Be Going and Where Should We Be Going?
By Wg Cdr
Jez
Parkinson
This 2-part article focussed on Force Protection (FP) will discuss some of the issues surrounding where NATO FP might be going and explore where perhaps it should be going? In this first instalment, the author [...]
