North Region Air Cadets

Welcome to HQ North Region Air Training Corps

The North Region of the Air Training Corps encompasses all of Northern England from a line joining the Mersey and the Humber up to the Scottish Border.

Most towns within that area have an ATC unit and there are about 6500 air cadets in the 170 North Region Squadrons. It's aim is to provide a stimulating, exciting and challenging training programme which ensures that all cadets achieve their full potential.

Success may come in many different ways including academics, sport, athletics, flying, gliding, skiing, adventure training, leadership training and in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The ATC motto is Venture - Adventure and it will always be the aim of the North Region to live up to that ideal.

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Latest News from North Region

North Region supports Armed Forces Day in Yorkshire.

Cadets from two Yorkshire Wings have been showing their support for Armed Forces Day recently by taking major roles in both South and West Yorkshire. The massed bands of North Region along with locally based squadrons took part in a major celebration held in the middle of Leeds on 27 June 2010 and five Air Cadet Squadrons joined forces with the Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron (YUAS) to give a 100+ presence in Doncaster.

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What Do Air Cadets Do?

You name it, there is a good chance there is an Air Cadet somewhere doing it!

Air Cadets provides a stimulating, exciting and varied program which ensures that all cadets achieve their full potential. Most Squadrons will meet twice a week during which cadets are able to take part in may activities, as well as planning for additional ones and attending weekend events. Additional activities can be organised by Wings, North Region and the Corps. These can take place at RAF bases, camps and even abroad and last a lot longer than just a weekend.

News from North Region

Trip of a lifetime with the Red Arrows

Sunday the 6th July 2010 will go down in history as an event the Cadet Forces will not forget for a long time. The sun was shining over RAF Scampton, home of the Red Arrows, but what was going to happen was historic. To mark the Cadet 150, 19 Cadets were chosen from across the UK and all the cadet forces, the Air Training Corps, Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadets Corps and Combined Cadet Force . Only seven lucky Cadets got to fulfill the dream practically everyone wants to come true of flying with the world famous Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows.

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177 & St Dunstan's Tower Top experience !

177(Blackpool Airport) Squadron Air Training Corps participated in the St Dunstan’s Cadet Challenge for a 4th successive year. A 13.1mile (half marathon) to raise awareness for blind ex-service personnel. The squadron is the current National Challenge winners (2 years running) for our roller coaster and bed push challenges

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Regional News

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The Air Training Corps

The Air Training Corps is a voluntary youth organization supported by the Royal Air Force. It is open to anyone aged 13 to 17. The ATC is one of the country's premier youth organizations and the world's largest youth air training organization. The Cadets are supported by a volunteer Staff and Civilian Committee Members.

Your local Squadron within North Region is always looking for new people to join, be it as a cadet, volunteer staff or as a member of a Squadrons Civilian Committee. Why not see where your nearest Squadron is and see how you could get involved?

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Regional Events

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