Well done to all the cadets that passed their basic and intermediate swimming assessments last night, you all did brilliantly! A special thanks to WO McCotter of 1333 Grangemouth Spitfire Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets for making this event happen.
Congratulations to Cdt Evan Pratt on receiving his Leading Cadet classification badge this week. Well done Cdt Pratt, keep up the good work!
Supporting our local community through acts of Remembrance is of huge importance to the squadron and wider RAF Air Cadets. During the busy Remembrance weekend, we’ve been honoured to support the local communities of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Saturday saw our cadets join our colleagues from 867 Denny Squadron – RAF Air Cadets and 1333 – […]
Halloween Party Time As Halloween fell on a parade night, what else could we do? A different night from our usual Tuesday nights but I don’t think anyone was complaining.
Last night the squadron continued to award cadets for showing commitment and excellent standards whilst carrying out their Air Cadet duties. Our latest spate of promotions reached its peak with our final two promotions. Not satisfied with having one Cadet Warrant Officer (CWO), we took the unusual step and promoted two cadets to the highest […]
On Thursday, the squadron had the pleasure of awarding cadets for showing commitment and excellent standards whilst carrying out their Air Cadet duties. Promoted to Corporal and taking their first step on the cadet NCO ladder were Cpl Lewis Campbell, Cpl Callum Fraser, Cpl Euan Robertson and Cpl Hayley Marquis.. We wish them a very […]
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)