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Thursday saw our Training flight complete training in a special passing out parade, a first for 422 Squadron. The parade was the culmination of 6 months of initial training, giving the cadets vital skills and experience need...

As any good cadet will tell you, the Air Training Corps was formed on the 5th of February 1941 by Air Commodore J A Chamier. Every year on the nearest Sunday we parade to mark this occasion. This year 422 (Corby) Squadron wa...

Sewing kits across the town have been dusted off after a deluge of awards being presented. Last night saw a dozen cadets rewarded for their hard work with their bronze communicator qualification following several weeks of wo...

2024 has started off with a bang with presentations of leading badges to cdts Allan-Short and Lazarov.

Master cadet badges to Cpl Moore and Harja. Sgt King also received her bronze cyber and silver comms badges.

Over the weekend of the 29th -30th Jan, Cadets and staff were involved in 4 different wing training sessions.

Saturday
CI Harris completed her AVIP at 126 ( Derby Sqn) which is a part of the ess...

On Wednesday, 4th September 2019, a contingent of staff and cadets from no 422 (Corby) Squadron were invited to support and attend the Annual Formal Reception at the Wing's parent unit, Royal Air Force Wittering.

The...

Cadet Flight Sergeant Emily Russell (17) recently attended the Tayside Aviation Centre in Dundee, Scotland, having been successfully selected to learn to fly as part of the Air Cadet Pilot Scheme (ACPS).

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Monday 5^th June 2017 marked the final parade of Officer Commanding 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, Flight Lieutenant Kev Ritchie RAFVR(T), as he moves on promotion to Wing Staff, taking up the new...

On Monday 3^rd April 2017, more than 30 cadets and adult volunteers from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) visited RAF Scampton’s Heritage Centre.

The purpose of the trip to bolster th...

Over the last month, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) have been putting their teamwork and sporting skills to the test.

February saw the Squadron compete at the annual South and Eas...

On Monday 13^th February 2017, Corby Air Cadets were joined by Corby Police, Special Constables and Police Cadets, not for any normal talk about what the Police do, but to act out a robbery scenario.

The sc...

On Sunday 5th February 2017, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets paraded to mark the 76th Anniversary of the Air Training Corps.

Joined by the local RAFA Branch, the cadets marched; ...

From Friday 25th - Sunday 27th November 2016, Sgt Hannah Eden from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, spent the weekend at RAF Cosford with the National Marching Band of the Air Cadet Organisation, preparing fo...

On Sunday 13^th November 2016, 90 cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the local Remembrance parade organised by the Corby branch of the Royal British Legion to honour thos...

On Wednesday 26^th October 2016, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended a station visit to RAF Brize Norton; the Royal Air Force’s largest station. The day...

From Friday 14th – Sunday 17th October, Sgt Hannah Eden spent the weekend at RAF Halton with the National Marching Band of the ACO performing for the Dreamflight charity. Dreamflight is a UK charity that changes young lives ...

It was Sunday 16^th October, a cold and wet autumn morning and for nine dedicated people from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, it was time to dust off the sleep and rise to the challenge of the day....

On Friday 14th October 2016, Flying Officer Paul Ferguson RAFVR(T) of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, was a guest of honour at the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincol...

On Saturday 1^st October 2016 a team of 15 Corby Air Cadets made their way to Nottingham University’s Swimming Pool to compete against 28 other Squadrons in the South and East Midlands Wing Annual Swimming Competit...

Over the weekend of the 17th – 18^th September 2016 cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets assisted the Corby Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association in raising funds for Wing Appe...

On Saturday 10^th September 2016, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets opened up their doors to welcome the next potential recruits for Intake 02/16.

The potential cadets were given a guided tour...

Saturday 13^th August 2016 saw the culmination of many hours of drill, band and choir practice for cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets as they took part in the Air Training Corps’ 75^th<...

On Saturday 6th August 2016, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the Annual Transport Gala at East Carlton Country Park to recruit The Next Generation of Air Cadets.

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On Sunday 3^rd July, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the South and East Midlands Wing Annual Wing Field Day competition at RAF Wittering.

Here, the cadets had the opportunity to sho...

On Sunday 10th July 2016, 10 cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the South and East Midlands Wing 75th Anniversary Parade in Leicester City Centre.

The parade, with over 300 cadets an...

On 2^nd June 2016, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets visited the Queen’s Colour Squadron at RAF Northolt, which has many visitors annually, including foreign royalty, heads of state and government min...

On Saturday 4th June 2016, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined with 2071 (Stamford) Squadron to help out at Royal Air Force Wittering’s Annual Families’ Day.  This is where the station celebrates the commi...

After receiving notification that Sgt Kamila Bell from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets had been awarded the prestigious accolade of receiving this year’s appointment to Station Commander’s Cadet at RAF Witter...

On 21^st – 22^nd May 2016, 422 (Corby) Squadron and 1101 (Kettering) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined forces to assist at the prestigious Rockingham International Horse Trials, where names such ...

The weekend of the 7th-8th May 2016 saw cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets assisting and competing at two sports events.

On Saturday 7th May, for the second year running, cadets and staff ass...

On Saturday 23rd April 2016, Cpl Hannah Eden of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets spent the morning with the National Marching Band of the Air Cadet Organisation performing at the St. George's Day Parade at The...

Thursday 21st April was an extra special parade night for a select group of Corby Air Cadets, as they were invited to attend Corby Borough Council's Beacon Lighting Ceremony to mark Her Majesty The Queen's 90th Birthday.

On Sunday 17th April 2016, a group of cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the South and East Midlands Wing Band Competition at RAF Wittering.

After an early start, the band arrived at...

From 2^{nd -} 9^th April 2016, Cpl Hannah Eden of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, spent the week at RAF Halton with the National Marching Band of the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO).

T...

On Friday 8^th April 2016, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets; also joined by 1101 (Kettering) Squadron, travelled to RAF Coningsby to visit 29(R) Squadron and the BBMF, where the...

On Saturday 19^th March 2016 cadets and staff of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in a mass tree planting event to mark the 75^th Anniversary of the Air Training Corps and to supp...

On Sunday 6^th March, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in the Clean for The Queen campaign running across the country to celebrate the Queen’s 90^th birthday.

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On 21^st February, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in the annual South and East Midlands Wing Cross Country event to compete against other Squadrons in a challenge of endurance, motivation...

On Sunday 7^th February 2016 over 50 cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in a parade and Church service to celebrate the 75^th Anniversary of the formation of t...

On Sunday 24^th January, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended a Holocaust Memorial Day Service organised by Corby Borough Council.

Holocaust Memorial Day takes plac...

On Saturday 9th January 2016, Cpl Kendall, Cpl Rhodes and Cdt Wilson attended a Pre-Gliding Scholarship course at RAF Wyton’s Regional Activity Centre. 

It was a day long cour...

Thursday 19^th November 2015 was a very special day for 33 Corby Air Cadets as they were officially enrolled into the Air Cadet Organisation by the Squadron Padre, Rev. Paul Frost and Commanding Officer, Flight Lie...

On Sunday 8^th November 2015, 70 cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the local Remembrance parade organised by the Corby branch of the Royal British Legion to honour those...

Thursday 22^nd October was a very special day for one Corby Air Cadet as she was officially appointed as the Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet of Northamptonshire.

Cadet Sergeant Emma Beadsworth, 16, who was nominate...

On 16^th-18^th October 2015, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets embarked on a two night greens camp at Spanhoe Airfield to learn and put into practice all their fieldcraft skills.

On ...

Last night, Thursday 8^th October, was all about Health and Safety for 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets as they were visited by Central and East Region’s Health, Safety and Environment Adviser Mr Joh...

On Saturday 3^rd October, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets opened their doors to the public at their latest intake open day.

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This weekend, cadets and staff members from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined the Corby branch of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) to raise funds for the Wings Appeal and take part in a parade and...

On Saturday 12^th September 2015, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in a sponsored static bike ride at their local Tesco Extra supermarket in aid of the Royal Air Force...

On Saturday 8th August, four lucky cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined eight other cadets to go flying in a powered aircraft with the Pathfinder Flying Club at RAF Wyton.

It was an earl...

Cadets and staff at 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets realised their dream of purchasing their very first Squadron tracksuits with the help of local business Corby Parcel Shop (Consolidated Parcels).

Bil...

422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadet, Cpl Eve Pavitt has recently returned from one of the toughest courses the Air Cadet Organisation has to offer; the Air Cadet Leadership Course.

Cpl Pavitt spent a week a...

On Sunday 26^th July a team of Royal Air Force Air Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron, 1084 (Market Harborough) Squadron and 1101 (Kettering) Squadron attended a water activity day at the Rock UK Frontier Centre in I...

On Saturday 25^th July, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended an Army Reserve Cadet Open Day organised by 118 Recovery Company REME.

The day at the Army Reserve Centre in Corby; where bot...

On Sunday 7^th July 2015, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets travelled to RAF Wittering to compete against 28 other Squadrons in the South and East Midlands Wing Annual Wing Field Day Compe...

From Saturday 6^th June to Sunday 7^th June, six cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets went to Husbands Bosworth Gliding Club for their second Annual Youth Aviation Day.  The cadets ...

Over the May bank holiday weekend, 25 cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets teamed up with 1101 (Kettering) Squadron to assist at the Rockingham International Horse Trials.

The cadets worked har...

The weekend of 16^th and 17^th May was a busy one for 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets.

On Saturday, 17 cadets assisted shoppers at the local Morrison’s Supermarket packing bags to ...

422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets athletics team spent today competing against 28 other Squadrons at South and East Midlands Wing annual athletics competition.

Competing in a variety of track and field ...

On Saturday 14th March 2015, Cpl Baker, Cdt Fountain, Cdt Eden, Cdt Max Maxwell, Cdt Melody Mawell and myself all attended a pre-gliding scholarship at RAF Wyton.

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On Sunday 8^th March, I, Cpl Barker, Cdt Eden, Cdt Ewers and Sgt (ATC) McArthur from 422 (Corby) Squadron went to RAF Wittering to have a day of target shooting at the range as part of a Wing Shoot.  We arrived at ...

Yesterday eighteen cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets travelled to RAF Wittering to compete against 28 other Squadrons in the South and East Midlands Wing Annual Cross Country Competition.

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On Thursday 29^th January 2015, 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets played host to Corporal Luke Collins from RAF Wittering’s Motivational Outreach Team (MOT).

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Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets recently assisted at a World War One Relatives’ Tea hosted by Corby Mayor, Councillor Anthony Dady.

On arrival at St John’s Church in Corby Old Village, the...

On Sunday 9^th November 2014, 45 cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended the local Remembrance parade organised by the Corby branch of the Royal British Legion to honour those...

This weekend was a weekend of remembrance and sporting achievement for Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets.

On Saturday, the cadets joined the local Army Cadet Force (ACF) units and the Royal ...

On Saturday 20^th September 2014, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined forces with the Corby Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Branch and spent the day in Corby Town Centre and Oundl...

On Sunday 14^th September 2014, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron were joined by 1101 (Kettering) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets and the Corby Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA), to march in hono...

On Thursday 14^th August 2014, cadets and staff from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets paid a visit to the 48^th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath.  RAF Lakenheath, near Lakenheath ...

422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets attended a Candlelit Service tonight at St. John The Baptist Church in Corby Old Village to commemorate the beginning of Britain's involvement in the First World War.

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On Monday 21^st July, 200 Soldiers from the 2^nd Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment, with bayonets fixed and flying Colours, marched through Corby Town Centre after returning home from tour in Afghan...

On Sunday 8^th June 2014, 32 cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron and 1101 (Kettering) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets spent the day at the RAF Cosford Air Show.

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Celebrations were underway on Sunday 23^rd March as cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets celebrated their Squadron’s 50th Anniversary with a very important day in its history as a new Squadro...

On Sunday 9^th March, cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron and 1101 (Kettering) Squadron donned their walking gear to take part in a Day Walk in preparation for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Award.

The ...

Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets joined in with local Police, PCSO’s, Scouts, Councillors and Neighbour Hood wardens to take part in the ‘Bin It’ event held at Beanfield Community Centre.

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Sunday 2^nd February 2014 was a busy day for the cadets and staff of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, as they not only took part in a parade and Church service to celebrate the 73^rd Anniv...

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Fancy flying, gliding or may...

On Sunday 3^rd November two cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets made their way to Royal Air Force College Cranwell to take part in the Single Services’ Selection Day in a bid to gain a place...

Friday 13^th might be an unlucky day for some, but not for 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, as they come away with the Club Spirit Award at the Spirit of Corby Awards 2013.

The Spirit of Cor...

Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets will be hitting the streets of the local community with pride thanks to financial support from the Constance Travis Charitable Trust Fund.  The Squadron was awarded...

Cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron have embarked on their biggest project yet; the restoration of an old cockpit section, in order to turn it into a fully functioning flight simulator.

The cockpit section was sourced b...

Two Corby Air Cadets are flying high after completing the Advanced Glider Training Course (AGT) at 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, RAF Henlow.

Cadet Sergeant Jacob Guthrie and Cadet Flight Sergeant Joshua L...

The cadets of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in a parade on Saturday 6th April to honour Corby soldier Lance Corporal James Ashworth who was killed as he stormed an insurgent position in the ...

On Saturday 30th March, cadets from 422 (Corby) Sqn gathered at Asda for a spot of bag packing in order to raise funds for their squadron.

The cadets took post at the end of tills, bags at the ready, ...

On Sunday 3rd February the cadets of 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets paraded from Rockingham Road to St. Andrew’s Church in Occupation Road for a Church service led by the Squadron Padre, the Reverend D...

On Tuesday 12th February seven cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets went to RAF College Cranwell alongside 400 other cadets to help Blue Peter presenter Hel...

On Sunday 10th February seventeen cadets from 422 (Corby) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets braved the freezing cold temperature and rain to take part in South and East Midlands Wing’s Annual Cross Country event at <...

Cadets braved the bitter cold this weekend to sell poppies on behalf of the Royal British Legion.

This year saw the first competiton between the Air Training Corps and the Army Cadet Corps to win t...

Cadets from 422 celebrate excellent exam results. With one cadet passing their exam with a distinction and two with credit, these are some of the best exam results the squadron has seen for a while.

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Cadets paraded at St Andrews Church hall to celebrate their achievements over the past year and to reward cadets for their hard work and commitment.

The night started off with a drill presentation by the...