Special Forces Parade

On Saturday, some of our cadets joined our colleagues at 1333 (Grangemouth, Spitfire) Squadron in attending the Ancre Somme Association’s (ASA) UK Special Forces Parade held in Laurieston. This parade is organised every year by ASA to commemorate Sgt John “Mac” McAleese MM who was from Laurieston and the wider UK Special Forces community. Also,...
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Summer 2023 Presentation Night

On Tuesday, 470 had its first presentation night. At the start of the night the OC performed an Inspection of the Squadron. The cadets’ visitors then got the chance to go explore the squadron and see the kind of projects and cadets get up to while attending on a normal squadron night. We then ended...
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470 On target for Summer 2023!

At the end of April, 470 (Falkirk) Squadron had qualified for the finals of the Inter-Services small Bore competition at Lord Roberts Centre Bisley Surrey. Yet again the team members delivered under very difficult circumstances. The competition itself is the two tops teams from each of the cadet services, RAF Air Cadets RAFAC , Army...
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War Graves Open Day at Grandsable Cemetery

May 26th 2023 saw Grandsable Cemetery outside Polmont host its first Commonwealth War Graves Commision Open Day. We were extremely happy to support our colleagues at 1333 (Grangemouth Spitfire) Squadron with the event. Here are some pictures from the event (All photo rights belong to the Commonwealth War Graves Commision – Original source https://www.facebook.com/commonwealthwargravescommission)

York Trip 2023

470 have had a busy May bank holiday! 15 of our cadets were joined by friends from 1333 (Grangemouth, Spitfire), 867 (Denny), 449 (Lanark), and 132 (North Berwick) for a fun-filled weekend in Yorkshire. Based out of the Queen Elizabeth Army Barracks in Strensall, the cadets visited Eden Camp and Yorkshire Air Museum with enough...
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