833 Antrim Squadron Raf Air Cadets

Aged 12 (year 9) to 17 and interested in a new challenge? Joins us! For more info drop us a Facebook message or call on 07515177749

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a youth organisation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers although some are paid for full-time work. Although many ATC cadets go on to join the RAF or other services, the ATC is no longer set up as a recruiting organisation.

Activities include sport, trekking, parade drill, rifle shooting, plane and glider flying and other outdoor activities, as well classification training leading up to a BTEC in Aviation Studies. Week-long trips to RAF stations, or camps offering adventure training or music, allow the opportunity for cadets to gain a taste of military life and often to gain some flying experience in RAF gliders and RAF training aircraft such as the Grob Tutor.

Cadet membership can begin from the start of school Year 9 Northern Ireland. New members will join as a junior cadet (probationer) and can earn positions of increasing responsibility in a military rank structure, as well as having increasing skill and competence recognised in a classification scheme (First Class, Leading, Senior, Master and Instructor) . Service as a cadet ends at the age of 20.