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Fri, Sep. 5, 2008

Cadets Prepare For Competition

7 cadets spent an action packed weekend in Crowborough preparing for the annual Inness Sword competition ...

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Tue, Aug. 26, 2008

Six On Summer Camp

Six of the Squadron’s cadets spent the week enjoying the opportunities of RAF Leuchars – including opportunity flights in an Army Gazelle helicopter – courtesy of an Annual Camp ...

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Fri, Jul. 25, 2008

Air Cadets Hose-Down!

The Squadron recently took a tour of Downham Fire Station, thanks to Green Watch and the Station Manager! The firemen took time out of their busy schedule to explain fire safety to the cadets, as well as showing them all of the equipment and vehicles used in modern fire fighting ...

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Wed, Jul. 9, 2008

Youth Leader Recognised By The Royal Air Force

Ken Hull, an instructor on 1921 (Lewisham) Squadron, has been recognised by the Royal Air Force for his work with the young people of Lewisham – stretching back over 40 plus years!

Ken’s dedication and commitment to the Squadron has already been recognised by the Jack Petchey Foundation, Lewisham Council, and London Wing Air Cadets – but he was recently invited to Royal Air Force College Cranwell, where he was presented with a Meritorious and Long Service Certificate by Baroness Gibson on behalf of the Air Cadet Council and the Royal Air Force ...

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Wed, Jun. 11, 2008

EXPEDITION LEADERS OF TOMORROW

Eighteen staff and cadets from three Squadrons in London and South East Region are celebrating the completion of the Level 2 Award in Basic Expedition Leadership (BEL) ...

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Wed, Jun. 4, 2008

CADETS TAKE STEPS TOWARDS AMERICA

and the cadets from 1921 (Lewisham) Squadron made giant strides towards their journey recently ...

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Mon, May. 12, 2008

Setting Out For Silver

After making a great start to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in 2007, ten cadets from 1921 (Lewisham) Squadron have made a significant step towards their Silver Awards by completing a 3 day, 30 mile expedition ...

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Mon, Apr. 21, 2008

Budding Pilots Take To The Sky

In the week that the RAF celebrated its’ 90th birthday, the next generation of pilots were getting their first taste of flight over the skies of Oxfordshire ...

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Tue, Apr. 8, 2008

Double DL

For the third year in a row, an Air Cadet from 1921 (Lewisham) Squadron has been selected as the representative cadet for the London Borough of Lewisham – only this year, there’s a difference… there’s two!

This year two cadets were nominated as the Officer Commanding and staff felt it was impossible to separate Cadet Sergeant Ross Lakhrif and Cadet Corporal Jen Nixon – who both excel in different ways on the Squadron ...

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Thu, Apr. 3, 2008

Nail-biting Knock-out

Sadly, the answer was a nail-bitingly close “no” – as the girls were cruelly knocked out on penalties in the semi-finals by the eventual winners, 1475 Squadron ...

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Fri, Feb. 15, 2008

Community Leader Celebrated

The Foundation was established in 1999 by East-End entrepreneur Jack Petchey, and is aimed at assisting projects benefiting young people between the ages of 11-25 ...

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Wed, Jan. 2, 2008

Christmas Comes Early For Cadets In Lewisham

While students across London prepare for mock exams, the cadets of 1921 (Lewisham) Squadron were celebrating their year of achievement – and what success they have had!

In front of an assembled crowd of parents, friends and distinguished guests, the cadets showed why they really were high fliers ...

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Fri, Dec. 7, 2007

Back To Blacklands

The cadets, all ranging from between 13 - 18 years old had the opportunity to traverse the indoor climbing wall, abseil down a 10 metre tower, hurtle down a long zip wire above the trees, compete in the crate challenge and complete a low ropes endurance course!

"The emphasis of these weekends is on teamwork and overcoming personal challenges whilst having bags of fun! This is the second time we have been to Blacklands so we opted for a couple of new activities - building a tower of crates as tall as possible and skimming along a low ropes course as fast as possible, both of which certainly met our criteria for these weekends - there were lots of smile and even more laughs!" stated Flt Lt Caroline Tracey the Squadrons Commanding Officer ...

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Mon, Dec. 3, 2007

Air Cadets Sent Packing

The Squadron was out in strength last weekend raising money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the Air Training Corps ...

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Mon, Nov. 19, 2007

Tomorrow’s Leaders

Three of the Squadron’s NCO team spent the weekend at Blackheath Cadet Training Centre recently, working with the London Wing Training Team to improve their leadership and management skills ...

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