Andy spent 26 years in the military as an engineer and helicopter crewman operating in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Iraq and as a Search and Rescue (SAR) winchman and winch operator. He left the military in 2011 and founded Amber Tiger, a company delivering specialist aviation training and advice to governments, militaries and large aviation companies globally including Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Leonardo, Boeing, Mauritanian government and the UK MoD. Amber Tiger has been recently awarded NQE status for Unmanned training delivery in the UK, he is also on the UK National BSI Group committee for Unmanned Air Systems.