Nigel Colman (RAF officer)


Nigel James Colman, is a senior officer of the Royal Air Force who has served as Commander of Joint Helicopter Command since March 2020.

RAF career

Colman was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 20 June 1991. As officer commanding No. 78 Squadron he saw action in Iraq and then in Afghanistan. He became station commander at RAF Benson as well as Puma and Merlin force commander in October 2012. He saw the Merlins leave the force in October 2014. He went on to be Deputy Director of Military Support in July 2015, followed by a move to become the Head of Military Strategic Effects at the Ministry of Defence in April 2018 and Commander of Joint Helicopter Command in March 2020.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours.