2527 Lawnswood Squadron Air Cadets

It was an honour for us to perform for the residents of MHA Glen Rosa on Armed Forces Day 🫡

New Stripes 🦓

Congratulations to our new Cadet Warrant Officer, Fred Kendall, who, after passing his Wing Board interview, has been appointed the highest rank a cadet can achieve!

Fred will be working alongside CWO Lucas Elwell, strengthening the squadron management team and they will be working together to develop our NCO team further.

Congratulations Fred!

Bitter sweet news for 2527! 👋 🦓

A couple of weeks ago, during our Central & East Yorkshire Dinner, we said goodbye to our Flying Officer Laura Turner who has moved across the pennines to Cumbria & Lancashire Wing. She will be now 2IC of 352 Burnley Squadron going forwards, and we thank her for all the amazing contributions she has made to our squadron during her time - she will be sorely missed!

Before she left, Flying Officer Turner had the honour of promoting two of Lawnswoods cadets. Cadet Will Smith and Cadet Luca Dyal therefore received their stripes and were both promoted to the rank of Corporal - Congratulations to them both.

🦓 NEW STRIPES!!!

Congratulations to our new Cadet Warrant Officer Lucas Elwell!!!

Following the departure of CWO Oliver Hargrave due to him ageing out at 20, we are very proud to announce that we have a new CWO taking the reins.

On Monday, CWO Elwell underwent a vigorous interview process and was successful in achieving the highest rank a cadet can climb to in the RAFAC organisation.

Alongside his gliding experience with 645 VGS, Lucas brings a wealth of experience to the squadron. He's looking forward to taking on further management responsibilities and assisting with the development of our NCO team! 👏 🌟

PUTTING THE "AIR" INTO AIR CADETS! 🚁✈️

Yesterday on the 84th Birthday of the RAFAC, Flying Officer Laura Turner, Sergeant Laila Poddar, Flight Sergeant Ben Mcdonald and Flight Sergeant Lucas Elwell visited RAF Leeming and were given the experience of a lifetime!

27 Squadron from RAF Odiham came with their Chinook Helicopter giving an air experience flight to remember in the Chinook.

Afterwards, 11 Squadron QEAF Joint Hawk Squadron delivered a presentation of what the squadron does at RAF Leeming and how it trains future pilots on the Hawk T2. This was followed by a full tour of one of the Jets in the hangar. There was also a visit to Air Traffic Control and 642 ASTRA Ground School opened its doors to showcase the new facilities throughout the day.

What an experience and there were beaming smiles all round!

A grand day out today for some of our cadets!

And then there was another one! 🦓

Congratulations to Corporal Poddar on achieving her third stripe and being promoted to Sergeant. Her dedication and leadership skills have made her stand out to the staff team, and she is the perfect role model to the more junior cadets.

Also Flight Sergeant Kendall and Cadet Zheng passed their exams and achieved their Master and Leading cadet badges respectively as they progress through the training syllabus - Congratulations to them! 👏

New Year, New Promotion 👑

Last night, Sergeant Ben McDonald received his crown and got promoted to the rank of Flight Sergeant. Ben has been an integral part of the senior NCO team utlising his leadership skills to develop younger NCO's and cadets alike - well done Ben!

Cadet Jordan after successfully passing his exams also obtained his Leading Classification and Cadet Smith has worked hard on his off squadron assessment to achieve his Silver Cyber badge!

Congratulations to you all! 👏

Congratulations to Cadet Will Smith on achieving his Senior Classification Badge!

Lots of hard work and studying go into completing these classifications and are an important part of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets training syllabus 📚✈️

Congratulations to you! 👏🥳

We have had a busy weekend with our squadron leading 2 Remembrance Parades; Saturday at Yarnbury Rugby Club and Sunday through Horsforth, but we wouldn't have it any other way... 🥀

On Thursday evening, Wing Commander Yeadon presented two very special awards to our own Cadet Warrant Officer Oliver Hargrave and our Flying Officer Laura Turner.

These awards were given by the recently exited Commandant Air Cadets himself Air Commodore Tony Keeling OBE and are only given out rarely to recognise exemplary meritorious service.

Both CWO Hargrave and Flying Officer Laura Turner continue to go above and beyond behind the scenes, and we couldn't be more proud that they have been recognised as an example and for their devotion to duty.

Squadron Success at Wing Competition Day!

Each summer, the 31 squadrons across the wing get together at RAF Leeming and compete in numerous mini competitions including: foot drill, uniform inspections, first aid, leadership, DCCT shooting, banner drill and STEM.

This year our squadron smashed it across the board coming 3rd overall in the entire wing and 1st overall in Leadership, earning our Flight Sergeant Preiss the best NCO leadership award too.