' Time Flies Reflections of a Fighter Pilot' retells the exploits of David Hamilton's thirty years of service in the Royal Air Force He had a wide & varied career; flying Lightnings to defend UK airspace operating from HMS Ark Royal in F-4 Phantoms & defending the Inner German Border from RAF Wildenwrath In the UK Mo D he was a staff officer responsible for the Eurofighter project He served in the First Gulf War as the commander of a Tornado F3 Squadron deployed in Saudi Arabia & worked as General Sir Peter de la Billiere's air advisor afterwards He flew with & was supervisor of the Red Arrows In NATO's Brussels Headquarters he served as a Group Captain formulating the Rules of Engagement for the Bosnian air campaign & then became the deputy station commander at RAF Leuchars Hamilton also led the Tornado F3 four-ship flypast over Edinburgh Castle as the Stone of Destiny returned to Scotland on 30 November 1996 before taking early retirement from the RAF to work in the defence industry on the Eurofighter project