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Successful attendance at the course is required of any person who plans to train as an officer in the RAF Regiment. A candidate will be at least 17 years and 6 months of age at entrance, will hold a British passport, will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs graded A-C and 2 A-levels, or will have achieved a certified comparable education.
Temporary Air Observer's School RAF (1938) [73] Test Pilots School RAF (1944) became Empire Test Pilots' School [38] The Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1946–62) became Junior Command and Staff School [23] Torpedo Aeroplane School RAF (1918) became No. 201 Training Depot Station RAF [38]
RAF Air Cadets marching in a parade. The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is the combined volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force, which is formed by both the Air Training Corps and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force. [3] The organisation is headed by a former serving RAF officer, Commandant Air Cadets.
MIOT Graduates in front of CHOM The Modular Initial Officer Training Course (MIOTC) is the 24 week initial officer training course all potential Royal Air Force officers must complete to receive their commission. It is hosted at RAF Cranwell by the RAF Officer Training Academy (OTA). History MIOTC was brought in as a replacement for Initial Officer Training Course (IOTC) in 2020. This change ...
The Royal Air Force Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC), at Adastral Hall, RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, is the centre through which every potential RAF officer must go to be selected for Initial Officer Training (IOT) and through which potential non-commissioned aircrew must go to be selected for the Direct Entry Senior Non-commissioned Officer (DE-SNCO) course.
The final PT Test is the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Usually, a soldier needs to score at least 60 points in each APFT category (pushups, planks, and 2 mile run) to pass, but in Basic Combat Training, only 50 points are required; the soldier will nevertheless take another APFT with a 60-point requirement at AIT.
An RAF officer, mathematician, and politician. He served as an RAF pilot during the Second World War, and was involved in The Great Escape. Member of ULAS from 1938 to 1939. Brian Powell [16] A test pilot in the first two decades after the Second World War. Member of ULAS from 1938 to 1939. Colin Chapman The founder of Lotus Cars. Member of ...
From there selection interviews take place to pick candidates who will move forward to join the UAS. Candidates must also pass a RAF entry fitness test and medical. [7] [9] After completing the selection process successfully candidates are formally attested and mustered at the rank of Officer Cadet, [4] and their training can commence.