Fg. Off Esson completes the Virtual Spitfire 10K for the RAF Museum
Congratulations to our very own Fg. Off Marc Esson for completing the Virtual Spitfire 10K to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This particular run was a fundraiser for the RAF Museum and is dedicated to Pilot Officer Ronald Atkinson of 213 Sqn flying out of RAF Tangmere in West Sussex. His... Read More
JOIN US! Our waiting list is now open for our next intake of new cadets!
We are itching to get back to normal activities here at 470 (Falkirk) Squadron as we have been operating “virtually” since March. Our biggest recruitment intake of the year normally falls in the first week of September once the school holidays have ended. Unfortunately this year this has not happened due to Covid-19. Once we... Read More
Fg. Off Esson runs 80K in 80 Days for Charity
Congratulations to Flying Officer Marc Esson from 470 Sqn who received his Hurricane 80K medal today. The challenge was to run 80K in 80 days to raise funds for the RAF Museum and with Squadron activities shut down right now Flying Officer Esson thought this was a great idea to keep active during the lockdown... Read More
Volunteer Week 2020
As we continue to navigate the Covid-19 lockdown we take the opportunity this week to celebrate all the hard work that our volunteer staff at 470 Squadron do. Even during the lockdown they working hard behind the scenes to enable the 470 Squadron to continue operating as a virtual unit providing online training via MS... Read More
Poppy Scotland Collection for International Women’s Day
We are please to announce that 470 (Falkirk) Squadron raised a grand total of £541.30 for Poppy Scotland at our recent collection in Morrison’s on the 7th March for International Woman’s Day. A fantastic achievement by the squadron and a big thank you to all the cadets and staff that gave up their time to... Read More
We are now a Virtual Sqn!
As a result of the Covid-19 shutdown from Friday 27th March 2020 470 (Falkirk) Sqn is now operating as a virtual squadron! Whats a virtual squadron? By utilising Microsoft Teams and video conferencing we are now running 4 concurrent training classes on parade nights along with a virtual parade square so we can address the... Read More
COVID-19 Shutdown
COVID-19 – Update from HQ RAF Air Cadets In line with the latest Government guidelines and to protect the health of our Air Cadets and Adult Volunteers, all face-to-face activity is suspended as of 1600hrs on March 17th until further notice. Further updates will be issued in due course via the CoC to all cadets.... Read More
Flight Sergeant Promotion
On Friday evening the entire Squadron congratulated Sgt Logan Tait-Curtis on his well deserved promotion to the rank of Cadet Flight Sergeant.
We celebrate recent Cadet Accomplishments!
Our cadets have been hard at work since Christmas and we have had a large number of presentations over recent parade nights to award various badges and certificates to mark the cadets progress. Congratulations to everyone on all their hard work!