Lieutenant Colonel (Gwendolyn) Kamp-Bakx joined the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) in August 1990. She studied Organizational Management & Weapon Systems at the Royal Military Academy and graduated Flight School (helicopters) in 1996. She has flown Alouette III, BO-105, and CH-47 up till deputy flight commander and flight commander. She deployed to missions in Bosnia (SFOR), Kosovo (KFOR), Iraq (SFIR, three times, 2 times as deputy S3 Air) and Afghanistan (OEF/ISAF, twice, one tour as S3 Air). Gwendolyn holds master’s degrees in Labour Psychology (Open University, Netherlands) and Human Factors and System Safety (Lund University, Sweden), as well as a PhD in Safety in Large-Scale Socio-technological Military Systems (Delft University). She served as deputy commander of the Aircrew Survival School, helicopter flight safety officer at RNLAF Air Force HQ, Assistant Professor in Human Factors & System Safety (2010-2014), lecturer-researcher in leadership, ethics and behaviour (2014-2016), Assistant Professor in Civil-Military Cooperation (2016-2019, civilian position), and Associate Professor in Human Factors and System Safety (2019-2023). In 2016, Gwendolyn retired as a military, to return in 2023 at the Air and Space Warfare Center (ASWC). She currently works on topics regarding air leadership and transformation at the Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC).