Welcome toWelcome toAUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CADETSAUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CADETS

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What is the What is the Australian Air Force Cadets?Australian Air Force Cadets?

A national youth organisationA national youth organisation Part of the Australian Defence Force Part of the Australian Defence Force

CadetsCadets Administered by the Royal Australian Administered by the Royal Australian

Air Force Air Force Under the authority of the RAAFUnder the authority of the RAAF

AAFCAAFCHISTORYHISTORY

Established as part of Established as part of the RAAF in 1941 to the RAAF in 1941 to ready young men for ready young men for aircrew training aircrew training

By end of WWII, By end of WWII, almost 12,000 ATC almost 12,000 ATC members had been in members had been in the RAAFthe RAAF

Post-war, the AAFC Post-war, the AAFC became an air became an air activities-based activities-based youth movementyouth movement

What Cadets doWhat Cadets do

Develop leadership, self Develop leadership, self reliance, self discipline, reliance, self discipline, initiative and citizenship initiative and citizenship skillsskills

Develop their interest in Develop their interest in the Royal Australian Air the Royal Australian Air Force and general Force and general aviation aviation

Build a knowledge of Build a knowledge of aviation historyaviation history

Enjoy aviation activities in Enjoy aviation activities in a military environmenta military environment

EligibilityEligibility

Australian Air Australian Air Force Cadets is Force Cadets is open to males and open to males and females who are:females who are:

Aged 13–16 years Aged 13–16 years (can stay until 20)(can stay until 20)

Australian Australian permanent permanent residentsresidents

In good healthIn good health Able to attend Able to attend

parades and campsparades and camps Have parental Have parental

permission permission

During school holidays, Cadets can During school holidays, Cadets can attend annual camps with other attend annual camps with other Squadrons at RAAF Base Pearce where Squadrons at RAAF Base Pearce where they see how the RAAF lives and worksthey see how the RAAF lives and works

Annual CampsAnnual Camps

Other Camps

Flying, fieldcraft, and Flying, fieldcraft, and leadership camps areleadership camps are

held throughout the held throughout the yearyear

Learn to glide like an eagle in the Australian Air Force Cadets

Flying TrainingFlying TrainingCadets Cadets (minimum age (minimum age 15) 15) who have who have completed completed their first year their first year of basic of basic training and training and are medically are medically fit, can learn to fit, can learn to fly a glider fly a glider aircraft soloaircraft solo

Cadets Cadets (minimum (minimum age 16) age 16) who who have completed have completed their first year their first year of basic training of basic training and are and are medically fit, medically fit, can learn to fly can learn to fly a powered a powered aircraft soloaircraft solo

Powered Powered Pilot TrainingPilot Training

Completing your first solo Completing your first solo flight flight

is the best feeling in the is the best feeling in the worldworld

Training in canoeing is great fun at an adventure camp

Field Field TrainingTraining

All Cadets get All Cadets get fieldcraft and fieldcraft and

survival survival trainingtraining

Training on Fieldcraft and

Survival Camps

DevelopinDeveloping skills g skills

and and abilities abilities that will that will

last a last a lifetimelifetime

Firearms Safety TrainingFirearms Safety Training

Firearms safety training is

strictly supervised by

qualified instructors

Australian Air Force Cadets Australian Air Force Cadets are trained to shoot safely are trained to shoot safely with 0.22 rifles and military with 0.22 rifles and military Steyr riflesSteyr rifles

Ceremonial Ceremonial DutiesDuties

Cadets learn how Cadets learn how to ceremonially to ceremonially

parade with parade with swords, swords,

weapons, weapons, banners and banners and

flagsflags

Marching Marching CompetitionsCompetitions

Compete Compete against against the best the best

in in AustraliaAustralia

Australian Air Force CadetsDrum Corps on Parade

Social activities include the Annual Cadet Ball

Cadets can rise through the

ranks by attending Corporal, Sergeant,

Warrant Officer and Under

Officer courses

ANZAC Day ceremonial duties in Kings ParkANZAC Day ceremonial duties in Kings Park

ANZAC Day march on St Georges ANZAC Day march on St Georges TerraceTerrace

Duxes of the Duxes of the Cadet Cadet Sergeant, Sergeant, Warrant Officer Warrant Officer and Under and Under Officer Officer promotion promotion courses, courses, conducted at conducted at RAAF Base RAAF Base Pearce each Pearce each year, get year, get rewarded with rewarded with a flight in a a flight in a military military aircraft, aircraft, courtesy of the courtesy of the Commanding Commanding Officer, No. 2 Officer, No. 2 Flying Training Flying Training SchoolSchool

Squadron LocationsSquadron Locations

METROMETRO

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COUNTRYCOUNTRY

AlbanyAlbanyBunburyBunburyDerbyDerbyGeraldtonGeraldtonKalgoorlieKalgoorlieMandurahMandurahNorthamNortham

Recruiting Recruiting HotlineHotline

0417 940 0950417 940 095

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