Cdt B was OC's COTM for last month. A high-flying cadet, his keenness and thoughts for others being primary factors, esp. his signing up for ex-1368 OC Wg Cdr Dawe's funeral.

Easter hols saw us finishing-off blue leadership and attempting band finish-offs. Great success with blue leadership, badges to come though. Well done to Cdt C on passing Blue Badge band (marching drums) with sustained engagement and high attendance. Some photos also of first class, senior and master badge passes as cadets move up a level. Silver group did stove safety refresher ahead of exped.

1368 Sqn managed to pick up last minute scratch places on the Sunday to get 6 cadets Air Experience Flying over 2 days. Cdts P, B and B-R flew on the Monday, with Cdts M, K and K flying on the Tuesday (thanks to some last-minute Av Med 1 form signing).  Cadets who have not yet flown are reminded to bid on future events and bring in Av Med 1's (v5) for signing. You never know when last-minute places come up. Av Med 1's are the ticket to fly, hence any cadets (esp. 0924-0925 intakes) who haven't flown are encouraged to apply for future slots before new intake becomes eligible.

Cadets and staff stepped up on 1368's first community duty of 2026 helping Leamington Round Table run their fundraising 10k run, stepping up last minute taking on extra duties and both days. Great Sheggspearian-esq feedback. Many thanks to Plt Off D for sorting. Hi- hope you're doing well and recovered from the Regency Run! I just wanted to take a moment to let you know, that I thought the air cadets were phenomenal. I am so grateful for the cadets helping us on both days. On Sunday in particular, I had no other tablers helping me on the merch tent, and as soon as I assigned a job to the 6 cadets that had been posted there, I felt immediately at ease because of how self sufficient and organised they were as a team. There were 2 girls in particular (I didn't catch their names sorry) that seemed to adopt leadership roles in the group, these 2 picked up the scanning app that I had sent you, and they just got on with it without any issues. I had a particular process that they g...

Well done to Cdt R  who has achieved her Silver DofE with 1368 Sqn and Cdt M who got her Bronze DofE. Bronze certificates & badges also arrived from Wing for Cdt Mand Cdt B.  The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is a key pillar of 1368. Training is already underway for Bronze and pre-DofE initial expeditions for 0925 and 0226 intakes.

Well done to the 10 cadets who attended 1368 Sqn's first "lets do something new" National Navigation Award Scheme ( NNAS ) practical training in 2026 over Easter at Cookley and Kinver. Also a lot of fun exploring some new places for 1368, discovering stuff like Nannie's Rock, Kinver Hill Fort, Locks, and a Dragon Tree.  This is our first proper year of trying to dovetail NNAS with our traditional DofE Bronze and Initial Expedition Training (IET) build up for newbies. Great to get 2 groups going, Friday turned out to be a lovely sunny day with great views from Kinver hillfort.  Great engagement for newbies plus some doing Silver DofE very soon. It'll be interesting to see how lost they get in upcoming expeditions.