This week we had a visit from Victoria O’Neill who is the training co-ordinator for the Maddison & Rumford Community Defibrillator Project to give us an overview of the work being completed to deploy community defibrillators in the Braes area. As emergency response times can be up to 8 minutes the ability to provide basic...

On the evening of Monday 18th July, Sector 6 Squadrons of West Scotland Wing welcomed the 75th Anniversary Torch to the Falkirk area. Its first stop was to the Spitfire Memorial in Grangemouth supported by 1333 (Grangemouth Spitfire) Squadron and 1271 (Bathgate) Squadron followed by a visit to the world famous Kelpies at the Helix...

Seven cadets from 470 got up very early on Tuesday 5th July to visit 12 AEF at Leuchars Station to experience their first flight in the Grob Tutor training aircraft. All the cadets selected had never flown before so they were all extremely excited to get the opportunity! Thankfully the weather was good and all the...

This month we are very pleased to announce that former 470 cadet flight sergeant, Melody Gregor has completed her phase 1 training at RAF Halton and has progressed on to RAF Northolt to complete her trade training. She has chosen a career as an Air Cartographer in the RAF which is a crucial role that...