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The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is a volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...
that manages both the
Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...
and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force. The organisation is headed by a former serving RAF officer,
Commandant Air Cadets Commandant Air Cadets is the title given to the Royal Air Force officer who is responsible for running the Royal Air Force Air Cadets, embracing the Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth orga ...
. The current commandant is Air Commodore Tony Keeling. Prior to 1 October 2017, the RAFAC was called the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO). As of 1 April 2014, the ACO had a strength of 53,360 cadets and cadet force adult volunteers.gov.uk MoD - reserves and cadet strengths
table 8a and 8b, page 17-18. April 2014. Cadets are aged between 12 and 17 on entry to the organisation, and can remain until they are 18, or with special permission, until they are 20. The RAFAC is made up of: * Headquarters Air Cadets at
RAF Cranwell Royal Air Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. Among other functions, it is home to the Royal Air Force College (RAFC), which tra ...
* 6 Regional Headquarters * 34 Wing Headquarters * Two National Air Cadet Adventure Training Centres * Over 900 Air Training Corps Squadrons in the UK and overseas * Around 200 RAF contingents of the Combined Cadet Force


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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch), often abbreviated to RAFVR(T), was a Volunteer Reserve element of the Royal Air Force specifically appointed in a cadet training role within the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Members o ...
* Air Experience Flight *
Volunteer Gliding Squadrons Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGSs) are Royal Air Force (UK) Flying Training units, operating military Viking T1 conventional gliders to train cadets from the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. Since 2014, the squadrons operate under No. 2 Flying Trai ...
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Air Defence Cadet Corps The Air Defence Cadet Corps was a volunteer youth organisation in the United Kingdom, preparing young people for military aviation. Founded in 1938, it was replaced in 1941 by the Air Training Corps. Establishment In 1938, Air Commodore Chami ...
(1938–41) *
Royal Air Force boy entrants Under the RAF boy entrant scheme which ran from the mid-1930s to late 1965, boys joined the Royal Air Force between the ages of 15 and 17 and were trained in various occupations (or trades) which fitted them for employment in the RAF. Training w ...


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* {{Official website Royal Air Force British Cadet organisations Youth organisations based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Lincolnshire Youth organizations established in 1941