Last night, we welcomed to the squadron our next batch of prospective recruits and their parents/guardians. Following a presentation by Flt Lt Gray about life within the squadron and the wider ATC, coffee and cake were served while the cadets showcased some of the activities the recruits could be getting involved with. We look forward...
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,...
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...
The squadron, along with friends and colleagues from 867 Denny Squadron – RAF Air Cadets & 1333 Grangemouth Spitfire Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets returned yesterday from a very busy but successful trip around the southeast of England, visiting the historic locations used or erected afterwards to commemorate the Battle of Britain in 1940...
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...
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)
Today we’re at The Falkirk Wheel helping it celebrate its 21st birthday. Happy Birthday from 470 (Falkirk) Squadron ATC! Why not come along and see what we do and why we are the premier uniformed youth organisation.
Last week we had the great pleasure of welcoming Falkirk Provost, Mr Robert Bissett back to his old ATC squadron. Mr Bisset was a cadet with 470 between 1969 and 1971 and he looked back fondly at his time with the squadron and reflected on how being a cadet helped to shape the morals and...
Last night, some of our cadets and staff joined Falkirk Provost Robert Bisset to unveil a plaque to commemorate the planting of 8 silver birch trees at the Bainsford War Memorial. These trees are part of the squadron’s contribution to “The Queen’s Green Canopy” project, part of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We...
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...
