There are a few folks on here that forget that Engineering Officers deployed to manage aircraft engineering in support of Balkan and Middle East ops often didn’t get campaign medals. Certainly the Yugoslavia and Kosovo gongs, which often needed 90+ days on det in those days but did not qualify by being sent for 2 months each shift on a squadron rotation. He certainly served supporting front-line ops as a JEngO and SEngO, he just didn’t get the time in I guess to get the bling. Still, he does have a nice KCB (and gongs prior to that) for his sterling efforts in various commands, to add to his Long Gong and Jubilee medals - much more than many of us.
Oh, and I agree with many on here - he is the right person for the RAF right now after the recent chaotic years that many would like to forget!