CSOAF for much of the time I was there. Arrived as a Gp Capt, left as a 2-Star!
The roundest peg in a round hole.
I once ventured to ask him how he managed to stay in post.
"Well Teeters, every time there's a new CAS or CDS, I go to London to explain that I'm irreplaceable!" ..... and he was just about right.
Close friends with HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and HM King Hussein of Jordan. Believe he was best man when the latter married his English bride.
When he negotiated the sale of the Jordanian Hunters to SOAF, he recalled that he'd got them for Jordan in the first place!
His Wiki entry is decidedly obscure on many aspects of his most interesting career!
I wonder if the obits in the broadsheets will be less so.........
RIP Sir.