News

An intensive training camp followed by two high-profile public engagements recently made for a busy week for the RAF Air Cadet National Marching Band.

22 Sep 2017

The ballot for places on the annual CVQO leadership course is now open.

01 Sep 2017

A £15m state-of-the-art Aviation Academy is set to open at RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire in 2019 in a joint venture between the RAF Air Cadets and Aviation Skills Partnership.

24 Aug 2017

More than 1400 cadets and staff attended the North Region Cadet Aviation Day where they had the chance to fly in a military helicopter.

23 Aug 2017

Ambassador Honorary Group Captain Carol Vorderman visited the Aerospace Camp at RAF Syerston receive an award from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

22 Aug 2017

Northrop Grumman is once again leading the CyberCenturion competition, one of the company’s flagship STEM programmes in the UK. 

14 Aug 2017

Major General Robert Magowan, Commandant General Royal Marines, returns to the ATC Cadet unit he joined as a cadet 36 years ago.

07 Aug 2017

Welsh air cadets have taken to the skies at a special gliding camp at MOD St Athan.

03 Aug 2017

Air Cadets in Guildford are getting new experiences thanks to a grant from the RAF Charitable Trust (RAFCT).  

27 Jul 2017

Sheer determination to complete the challenge has brought them back

together, and the second team from the ATC75 Cross Channel Swim Group

are now ready and preparing to head to Dover in the next few weeks, having

completed their qualifying swims.

26 Jul 2017

Perhaps the ultimate prize for Air Cadet membership is the chance to be awarded a Pilot Course or Flying Scholarship; in the case of Cadet Warrant Officer Alex Myers and Flight Sergeant Will Fovargue this goal has been in their sights ever since they joined 2160 (Sleaford) squadron.

25 Jul 2017

Commandant Air Cadets, Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty has announced the winners of the Lees, Morris and Marshall Trophies given to the best and most improved ATC squadrons in the UK.

24 Jul 2017

Cadet Warrant Officer Annie Cleve, winner of the Sir John Thomson Memorial Trophy, recently met HRH The Duke of Cambridge at an event at RAF Coningsby.

18 Jul 2017

The National Marching Band of the RAF Air Cadets (RAFAC) provided musical support the Annual General Inspection (AGI) at the prestigious Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College in Leicestershire. 

18 Jul 2017

Three lucky Air Cadets have joined aircrew from around the world and become the first to fly in to the Royal International Air Tattoo being held at RAF Fairford on 14-16 July after 17-year-old Cadet Sergeant Adam achieves his Private Pilots License. 

14 Jul 2017

2018 is the National Year of the Engineer and to coincide with that, the RAF has just launched its first ever Engineering Competition and is inviting RAF Air Cadets to take part.

11 Jul 2017

Safety is of paramount importance within the RAF Air Cadets.

03 Jul 2017

The Cold War Jet Collection’s Open Day event held at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire with the support from Air Cadets from Staffordshire Wing. 

29 Jun 2017

The 2017 Queen’s New Year Honours list has been announced and we are delighted to announce that yet again many of its members have been recognised for services to the RAF Air Cadets. 

19 Jun 2017

After the successful completion of a pilot course run at RAF Cranwell, the first of a series of new Mental Health Awareness and Resilience Training Courses was rolled out in Scotland & Northern Ireland Region at West Scotland Wing HQ in Paisley.

16 Jun 2017