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Posted on April 10th, 2020

Due to the ongoing situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19) the Squadrons and wider Air Cadets has decided to cancel all face-to face air cadet and staff events currently planned to take place between now and 31 Aug 20.  This aligns with Government direction to restrict non-essential activity.  The situation is constantly developing, and the Air Cadets and […]

Posted on February 8th, 2020

To kick off 2020 the Squadrons cadet NCO team took part in a development course run at the Squadron HQ. The Air Cadets is a military youth organisation based on the Royal Air Force and therefore there are opportunities for promotion. We encourage cadets to take responsibility for others and events through the chain of […]

Posted on October 28th, 2019

When most people think of adventure training, they think of D of E, or the Duke of Edinburgh award. The D of E scheme is the world’s leading youth achievement award, with over 438000 young people currently doing their award in the UK. The middle of October saw cadets from 216 Squadron travel to the […]

Posted on January 1st, 2019

Leadership training is an important part of what we do at 216 Squadron. The Air Cadets follows a rank structure like our parent service, the RAF, and with that cadets fill junior and senior cadet NCO positions from Corporal to Cadet Warrant Officer. With the Squadron growing in size we recently held Exercise Saxon Warrior […]

Posted on October 13th, 2018

The first step for most of our cadets in their theory and practical flight training is a visit to the Part Task Trainers. On the 3rd November a number of cadets were up early to travel to MoD St Athan in Wales to undertake either their Blue or Bronze ATP. This involved the cadets visiting […]