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No. 5 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941–44) became Air Navigation and Bombing School RAF [6] No. 6 Air Observers School RAF (1942–43) became No. 6 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF [6] No. 7 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1943–44) became No. 7 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit RAF [6]
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 2012 RAF Aerobatic Display Team 'Red Arrows' Synchro Leader, Flt Lt Ben Plank, is also a former member. [ 2 ] Having originally been open only to members of the University of Oxford, in 1986 the Squadron was opened to members from the Oxford Polytechnic , which became Oxford Brookes University in 1993 and the University of Reading.
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 ...
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.
The school comprises a headquarters, No. 1 School of Technical Training and the Aerosystems Engineer and Management Training School (now No. 2 School of Technical Training), [1] all based at RAF Cosford, the Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival Equipment School (RNAESS) at HMS Sultan, with elements also based at RAF Cranwell and MOD St ...
The school's current incarnation began on 1 February 1989 when it became part of RAF Cranwell by redesignating the flying element of the Royal Air Force College [4] and undertook the basic flying training of some graduates from Initial Officer Training at the co-located RAF College Cranwell, other graduates going to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
Herbert Durkin was commandant of the school from 1965 to 1967 [19] [20] Ron Hayward, later a Labour Party activist [21] Stewart Menaul, was a student at the school in 1931 [22] Group captain Neville Ramsbottom-Isherwood commanded the school in the late 1940s [23] Frank Whittle trained at the school [24]