Three Air Cadets from Longbenton joined friends from across Durham / Northumberland Wing to overcome a series of challenges to complete the prestigious Nijmegen Marches in Holland. For Benjamin Collins, 18, Regan Wood, 16 and Mary Delariarte, 16, the journey started 11 months ago, when the youngsters set themselves the challenge of training for the march. Over the weeks, fitness increased as the training marches around the North-East lengthened, in the lead-up to a qualifying

It was a day the next generation will always remember…a ride in a chinook in sunny Scotland. 1400 cadets and staff took to the skies for an RAF100 two-day training exercise at Leuchars airfield in Fife. Cadets travelled far and wide from Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England for an un-forgettable ride in a Chinook helicopter. The crews from RAF Benson and RAF Odiham worked tirelessly for two days and each flight carried around 20 cadets. The staff and cadets onb

A senior instructor from 645 VGS at RAF Topcliffe has today realised his dreams for a career as a professional pilot. Today we learned that Flt Lt Jordan Cameron who is an A2* instructor has successfully passed his commercial pilots licence (CPL). After a lot of hard work and determination he is now following his dream to become an airline pilot. He is one of many instructors to progress to become a commercial pilot with airlines. Instructors have gone on to fly for Easyjet,

Air Cadet, Flight Sergeant Alex McGowan, of 2344 (Longbenton) Squadron, earned the opportunity to visit the USA as part of the International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) programme. Alex, 18, along with cadets from other countries, including Belgium, New Zealand, China and Canada, experienced a road trip style visit, starting in Washington DC before flying to Kalispell, Montana via Denver, Colorado and travelled back down through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Colorado over a