Cadets from 470 Falkirk and 1333 Grangemouth Spitfire Squadrons braved the weather today to assist Falkirk Community Trust with their Helix Park Novice Duathlon. The event was split into 3 legs – 3km run, 11.5km cycle and a final 1.8km run The Air Cadets provided marshalling services for the run section of the event around the Kelpies...
Congratulations to the cadets who received their VHF course certificates last tuesday evening. Left to Right: Cdt Smith / Rowles / Cpl MacLeod / Cpl Hardy / Cdt Paterson / Cdt Skelly
Our big project for 2014 finally went live at Christmas and is proving to be an invaluable aid to training for the cadets. The Falkirk Herald visited us a couple of weeks ago and has since published an excellent profile of the Squadron and its new technology. To read the article online click here ...
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!...
