966 Wallingford Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets

Recently Cdts from the Sqn were the first in Thames Valley Air Cadets to undertake initial weapons training and live fire marksmanship training on the L144A1 weapon system. A big thank you to Radley College CCF for their hospitality!

Happy Easter everyone!

The cadets had a fab time at the RAF Cosford museum today! They looked at a large range of Cold War aircraft, had a go on the flight simulator (as well as a slightly ‘smaller’ ride), and competed in the Cosford quiz! They even discovered a photo of Flt Lt Jefferiss as a cadet on the Gibraltar camp....a long time ago! Then it was back to the Sqn for pizza before parade!

What did you do this weekend? Our cadets were learning new skills by undertaking air rifle initial weapons training followed by live fire marksmanship training! #whatwedo

Today Cdts from the Sqn attended ground training school at 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron. They saw the Viking glider up close and completed the blue aviation training syllabus.

The cadets have been doing extremely well at the Sqn! Last night, cadets were awarded First Class, Leading and Master cadet badges, and there were four cadets promoted to Cpl, and a Sgt was promoted to FS! Well done!

We are recruiting for adult volunteers! If you are aged 21 years and over, and have a few spare hours a week, why not consider helping out as a member of staff at 966 (Wallingford) Sqn? We have roles available for uniformed and non-uniformed staff, and all training is provided! For more information, why not pop along to the Sqn one evening on Tuesdays or Thursdays?Alternatively, please message us, or email oc.966@aircadets.org!

The Sqn had a fantastic Annual Formation Dinner last Saturday, to celebrate the formation of the Air Training Corps, as well as the achievements of the cadets this year!Well done to the cadets, and thank you to our Civilian Committee for organising such a lovely dinner!

The cadets from 966 (Wallingford) and 2402 (Burghfield) were busy this weekend, learning self defence techniques!

The cadets have been really busy this year.....and you can get involved too! If you are 12 years old and in year 8 at school, come along to our Open Evening at 966 (Wallingford) Sqn on Tuesday 26th February at 7.30pm to see what exciting opportunities and activities are available for you! Please visit our website at www.966atc.org to see more photos and information!

The RAF making sure that Santa can deliver!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our cadets, staff, Civilian Committee and our Facebook followers!

This weekend saw the culmination of the Sqn air rifle strategy as our shooting team entered the Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting Match F air rifle postal competition. The competition involved four 5 round deliberate practices per cadet after zeroing the weapons and sighting shots.

Well done to this Air Cadet!

ad astra! Well, ad summitatem! Cadets and staff put our motto “Venture, adventure” into practice tonight with an instructor-led climbing evening Reading Climbing Centre. Check out the Sqn notice board for the Thames Valley Wing Air Cadets Adventure Training Team climbing club for more climbing opportunities!

We had a busy weekend at the Sqn - 29 cadets achieved their Heartstart badges, including cadets from 447 (Henley) and 1861 (Wantage) Sqns, and 21 cadets achieved their Blue Badge Radio Operator Certificates! Well done!

The Sqn was delighted to welcome some very important visitors last Thursday, who joined in our circuit training - Air Commodore McCafferty, Air Vice Marshal James and Group Captain Coles! Our visitors joined in with the sport, then answered questions from the cadets! Group Captain Coles also presented CI Mike Rose with his Regional Commandants Certificate of Merit - well done!

Well done to the cadets for their hard work at the recent Poppy Collection - they managed to raise £758.72! Well done!