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  1. RAF Air Cadets - Main Components of an Aircraft

    RAF Air Cadets - Main Components of an Aircraft
    There are 4 main components of a fixed wing aircraft which are: Fuselage, Main Plane, Tail Unit and Alighting Gear. 1. FUSELAGE This is the body of an aircraft to which the other components are attached. It also contains the cockpit or cabin, weapons, fuel tanks avionic and electrical systems and sometimes engines. The Fuselage accommodates the crew and passengers...
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  2. Win A Kammo Tactical Deployment Bag! Enter our Tetris Challenge competition here!

    Win A Kammo Tactical Deployment Bag! Enter our Tetris Challenge competition here!
    Late last year the 'Tetris Challenge' went viral with emergency services across the globe uploading pictures to social media. This involved them laying down with their kit and equipment placed around them in a 'Tetris' like fashion. Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Armed Police  As the trend became more popular the pictures became more extravagant, with people taking their ideas...
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  3. Hampshire and IOW Air Cadets Compete Online!

    Hampshire and IOW Air Cadets Compete Online!
    Since the RAF Air Cadets were forced into a form of “hibernation” due to COVID  we have been working really hard as a Wing to continue to engage our Air Cadet Community. Hampshire and IOW Wing Air Cadets have around 1000 young people and 300 Adult Volunteers, and all of them are missing the contact time we usually have on...
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  4. FREE Fieldcraft Lessons for Cadets!

    FREE Fieldcraft Lessons for Cadets!
    With the release of our new 'Fieldcraft for Cadets' handbook proving a huge success, there are now lessons available to watch on YouTube. Designed and created by an ACF adult instructor, these lessons can be transferred over all cadet forces (SCC, CCF and ATC/RAFAC). Perfect for learning at home or in the garden. The Fieldcraft for Cadets Handbook is broken...
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  5. Fieldcraft Techniques for a Cadet

    Fieldcraft Techniques for a Cadet
    INTRODUCTION INTO FIELDCRAFT The principal skill to be successful at escape and evasion is to be expert at applying fieldcraft in any given situation. It is a subject most enjoyed as it is usually fun and gets you and your `mates' to turn out in strength, especially if it says on the programme that it's going to be an escape...
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  6. Why Map Reading Is An Important Skill For a Cadet

    Why Map Reading Is An Important Skill For a Cadet
    MAPCRAFT - Learning Map Reading Skills Map reading is an interesting, useful skill to possess as a civilian, it can broaden your horizons and give you safe access to the countryside. Maps reach back through our nation's history and have always been important. As a cadet, you need to be proficiency at map reading and navigation is an important skill...
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  7. 1476 (Rayleigh) Squadron Prepare For Their "3F's" Mess Dinner

    1476 (Rayleigh) Squadron Prepare For Their "3F's" Mess Dinner
    Welcome to 1476 (Rayleigh) Squadron, Royal Air Force Air Cadets. Let me tell you about our annual mess evening.  It is affectionately known as the 3 F’s dinner, which used to stand for First Friday in February (I wonder what you thought it stood for?!).  But now it stands for Third or "Fird" Friday in February!  It is an evening...
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  8. Drill Within the ACF and CCF

    Drill Within the ACF and CCF
    THE HISTORY BEHIND DRILL Drill is the term used to describe a formal parade where you are able to move quickly in formation from one place to another. Through history, British Army Drill has been the foundation upon which discipline; teamwork, pride and pageant have all taken equal part. In the days of the ‘Brown Bess’ musket, when in battle...
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  9. Cadet Direct to Sponsor the 2020 ACF Commandants Conference

    Cadet Direct to Sponsor the 2020 ACF Commandants Conference
    In just a few days time Cadet Direct will be sponsoring the Army Cadet Force Conference at RMA Sandhurst. Following a successful event in 2019 we are delighted to be invited back which allows us to show our latest developments in new products designed for the Cadet Forces and also bring our new ideas forward to the Commandants. Greg Potter...
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  10. ACF/CCF Personal Turnout

    ACF/CCF Personal Turnout
    ACF/CCF CLOTHING It costs a great deal of money to provide all ACF/CCF cadets with a free of charge uniform with enough stock for exchanges. Therefore, taking good care of it, including keeping it clean, pressed and in good repair is very important. During basic training, cadets are given instructions on how to care for their uniform. Remember… Sloppy Uniform, Sloppy Cadet...
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