On Friday 6th Feb 2015 the Officer Commanding, Flying Officer Aubin Bryce was very pleased to award the latest promotions and awards to some of our cadets. Promotion to Cadet Warrant Officer (CWO) and Master Cadet Classification It has been over 10 years since the Squadron has had a cadet rise to the rank of...
For 2015 we have decided to upgrade our website and move to a new dedicated hosting platform to allow us to grow the site and expand the content. Our aim is too have the 470 Media team generate content for the site as part of their allocated cadet project work on a regular basis. To...
470 and 867 Squadrons joined forces to promote the ATC today. The event held within the Howgate Centre Community Hub was targeted at young people passing by and aimed to spread awareness of what the ATC can offer to a new generation of prospective cadets. We pass our thanks to the 867 Civilian Committee for...
Four cadets from 470 joined a number of their peers from across Scotland at the Regional Activity Centre at RAF Leuchars for the first VHF Radio course of 2015. The course started on Friday evening until Sunday afternoon and covered the fundamentals of radio communication both in the classroom and with practical exercises. This is...
470 Squadron raised an impressive £240.00 today at Falkirk Community Stadium in aid of the Royal Air Force Association Wings Appeal – not bad for an hours work! Thanks you to all the Bairns and Queen of the South f ans for their kind donations.
On Friday 16th January we were very lucky to have a visit from the Fg Officer Carson and QGI Day from 661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron who gave an excellent presentation on Gliding and the opportunities available to gain your Wings as a cadet. Thanks to the guys for braving the weather and making it through!...
470 continued the annual tradition of the OCs End of Year Quiz this year. The teams fought it out through a number of general knowledge, RAF and Pictionary rounds before ending the night with a Pizza buffet from Domino’s.
FO Bryce took a small contingent to RAF Leuchars to participate in Air Experience Flying in the Tutor training aircraft. The weather was not particularly good but that didn’t stop all the cadets getting up for 30 minutes flight time where they got to take supervised control of the aircraft. The Squadron has been very...
470 Squadron was kindly invited to the Remembrance Sunday festivities at Old Polmont Parish Church for the important 100th anniversary of the start of WW1. The church service was proceeded by a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial in the church grounds. Flt Sgt Declan Kerr led the flight the uniformed procession to the memorial where...
A small group of younger cadets accompanied by FO Bryce and CI Esson visited Scotland’s Secret Bunker (sshhh don’t tell anyone) as part of the Squadron training program. The field trip provided a fascinating insight into the governments Cold War preparations in the event of Doomsday. After a couple of hours underground we decided we...
