Well done to 6 cadets from 1368 (Warwick and Royal Leamington Spa) Sqn and 3 from 1289 (Stratford) Sqn that managed to get their Bronze expedition bagged before exped season end. Lucky on weather, finished wet but managed to avoid worst of it. Very solid fitness and good comraderie. Worked really well with 1289 (Stratford) Sqn cadets joining and taking up spare spaces. Staff from 496 and 1289 also came along hence good staff shadowing happened for future joint exped liaisons. Also great that we have potential to get 6 more Bronze's signed off in Q1 next year. The DofE Scheme remains one of the key pillars of 1368 training programme. Although many schools have started running it, we run the expeditions using cadet staff and hence it tends to be smaller scale and lower cost. We expect all cadets to do DofE Bronze in the first year, if they're not already doing it. Accomplishing an expeditions makes them work as a team to overcome challenges as well as learning about each other an...

Sunday saw 33 cadets from 1368 Sqn compete against 17 other squadrons in Warwickshire and Birmingham Wing for the coveted Per Ardua Wing Competition Trophy.  Having come 3rd last year it showed what an amazing group of cadets/NCOs/staff we have at moment that they achieve 1368's first ever win (one year older, one year wiser) against very tough competition, a virtue of the breadth of competitions in which they are able to score well. Great to see new intake also playing their part. A fantastic team achievement. This year more competitions than ever counted in the scores. The competitions included the full range of activities in the Air Cadet syllabus including Drill, Banner, Radio, STEM, Space, Leadership, First Aid, Ensemble, Drone/RPAS, eSports, and Aircraft Recognition.  The Squadron's ensemble team managed to pull off the 2nd year in a row win with their performance of Mama Mia and Chelsea Dagger, much thanks to Sgt R who returned from GCSEs and managed to pull out a winni...

Congrats to (Acting) Pilot Officer (APO) D, who made transition from Cadet Warrant Officer to Cadet Forces Adult Volunteer (CFAV) last week having turned 20. He's taking on Sqn Adjutant (Adj) role, and getting access to the associated systems. A timely Cadet => Staff transition ahead of our Sept new intake growth spurt.

Post hols returners swell ranks back to 40-46 parading. Main focus on Wing Comp prep with ensemble team getting some cool musical tutorage from Sgt R MkII. Gold DofE-ers deliver their Gold exped pres to finish section. Cdt R gets her Space badge from Rose Dragon.  STEM team crack on with design evolution. Space team boldly explore where no team has gone before.  Cdt K's Cyber team ponder what competition might be based on cryptic description.  Band tries to remember how to play. Banner takes great steps forward. Drill team practice timings.  Cdt W gets his Bronze DofE certificate/badge.

14 cadets from 1368 attended a Silver Practice and Assessed Expedition in Peak District. Very impressive Silver-level performances again especially the younger participants. Everyone who started finished and both practice and assessed groups finished strong demonstrating excellent teamwork and comraderie, great preparation and personal resilience, which sets us up for the next one. Well done.

Congratulations to 1368's Cpl M on achieving this prestigious nationally recognised STEM/Science scholarship after multiple application stages with the Air Cadets as sponsor.  More information on the Scholarship can be found here:  https://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/arkwright-engineering-scholarships/ . Aligned with the RAF's ASTRA initiative the scheme nurtures STEM subject interest and engagement and achieving the award is a great personal achievement.