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Royal Air Force Air Cadets
| Royal Air Force Air Cadets | |
|---|---|
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| Active | Since 5 February 1941[1] |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Volunteer Military Youth Organisation |
| Headquarters | RAF Cranwell |
| Patron | The Princess of Wales |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commandant Air Cadets | Air Cdre Al Lewis[2] |
| RAFAC WO | WO Donna Hall RAFAC |
| Honorary Ambassadors |
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The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is the combined volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force, which is formed by both the Air Training Corps and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force.[3] The organisation is headed by a former serving RAF officer, Commandant Air Cadets. The current commandant is Air Commodore Al Lewis.[2]
Prior to 1 October 2017, the RAFAC was called the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO).[4] As of 1 April 2023, the ACO had a strength of 42,190 cadets and 10,070 cadet force adult volunteers.[5] Cadets are aged between 12 and 17 on entry to the organisation, and can remain until they are 18, or with special permission, until they are 20.[6]
- ^ "RAFAC timeline: 1941". RAFAC.
- ^ a b "New Commandant Royal Air Force Air Cadets announced". Royal Air Force Air Cadets. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Who we are". RAF Air Cadets. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "HM The Queen Approves New Commission For Cadet Force Volunteers". Air Cadet. Bourne: Warners Midlands plc. Winter 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "MOD sponsored cadet forces statistics: 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Join as a cadet". RAF Air Cadets. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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