Higgins was educated at the
University of London where he received an economics degree. He was a commissioned officer in the
Royal Air Force and
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) from 1971 to 1983 and, in 1983, was awarded the
Cadet Forces Medal for services to the
Air Training Corps. He has been the organiser of the
Jersey International Air Display, a long-running annual event in Jersey, since 1997. ==References==