After more than 20 years operating on a Tuesday and a Friday evening we have reached an agreement with the ACF to change our parade nights. For 470 (Falkirk) Squadron we will continue to parade on a Tuesday evening and we will now parade on a Thursday evening, rather than Friday at the same time. […]
A reminder to all cadets that on Wednesday we have our 2020 Virtual Parent Meeting where we will walk through all our preparations for our return to face-to-face training at the Squadron HQ. We recommend that all cadets and parents login via MS Teams. The link to the event will be displayed in Cadet Portal.
This year Remembrance Sunday took a very different form for obvious reasons. As a Squadron we would normally be very busy attending multiple events over the weekend of remembrance but with social distancing still in effect and all organised events cancelled we took time to pause and reflect at home on our door steps and […]
Congratulations to Pilot Officer Matthew Storey who completed his Commissioned Officer Induction course this week. Well done to everyone from the #Team470
Congratulations to Sgt Derek Buist who completed his Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Staff Initial Training Course this week, 4 years to the day he joined us as an adult volunteer. Well done from everyone at the Squadron
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
