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Temporary Air Observer's School RAF (1938) [72] Test Pilots School RAF (1944) became Empire Test Pilots' School [37] The Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1946–62) became Junior Command and Staff School [22] Torpedo Aeroplane School RAF (1918) became No. 201 Training Depot Station RAF [37]
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.
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.
No. 1 School of Technical Training (No. 1 S of TT) is the Royal Air Force's aircraft engineering school. It was based at RAF Halton from 1919 to 1993, as the Home of the Aircraft Apprentice scheme. The Aircraft Apprentice scheme trained young men in the mechanical trades for aircraft maintenance, the graduates of which were the best trained ...
The Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE) is a Defence Training Establishment (DTEs) of the British Ministry of Defence. It was formed on 1 April 2004 and provides training for aircraft engineering officers and tradesmen across the three British armed forces .
University Air Squadrons (UAS), [1] are Royal Air Force training units under the command of No. 6 Flying Training School RAF. [2] That offers training and flight training to university students, with the goal of attracting students into a career as an RAF officer after university.
The Central Gliding School (CGS) is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of gliding instructors for the instruction of Royal Air Force and Air Cadet personnel. It is administered under No. 2 Flying Training School and is responsible for the standardisation of the Air Cadet gliding syllabus and its instructors.
Unlike the Army Air Forces, RAF cadets remained at the same airfield for all three levels of their training. [11] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Army Air Corps determined that the schools should double from the 50 students input, to 100 students, and that 20% of :the class would be USAAC cadets.