[1] Peter Gray began his career in the Royal Air Force as a navigator on F-4 Phantom IIs.
Gray worked for three years in the Cabinet Office and in the Ministry of Defence.
Gray was then appointed Director of Defence Studies for the RAF.
He retired from the Royal Air Force in June 2008.
[2] He has been a senior research fellow in Air Power Studies at the Centre for War Studies at Birmingham University since 1 September 2008.